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πρωτότομος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: prōtotomos

Principal Part: πρωτότομος πρωτότομον

Structure: πρωτοτομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: τέμνω

Sense

  1. first cut

Examples

  • ἤδη καὶ ῥόδον ἐστί, καὶ ἀκμάζων ἐρέβινθος, καὶ καυλοὶ κράμβης, Σωσύλε, πρωτοτόμου, καὶ μαίνη ῾σαλαγεῦσα, καὶ ἀρτιπαγὴς ἁλίτυρος, καὶ θριδάκων οὔλων ἁβροφυῆ πέταλα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 4121)

Synonyms

  1. first cut

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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