Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πυκνόπτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυκνόπτερος πυκνόπτερον

Structure: πυκνοπτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ptero/n

Sense

  1. thick-feathered, multitudinous

Examples

  • πυκνόπτεροι δ’ εἴσω κατ’ αὐτὸν εὐστομοῦσ’ ἀηδόνεσ· (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, episode 1:9)

Synonyms

  1. thick-feathered

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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