Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πυτιναῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυτιναῖος πυτιναῖη πυτιναῖον

Structure: πυτιναι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from pu_ti/_nh

Sense

  1. plaited with osier

Examples

  • ὡσ Διειτρέφησ γε πυτιναῖα μόνον ἔχων πτερὰ ᾑρέθη φύλαρχοσ, εἶθ’ ἵππαρχοσ, εἶτ’ ἐξ οὐδενὸσ μεγάλα πράττει κἀστὶ νυνὶ ξουθὸσ ἱππαλεκτρυών. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, antepirrheme6)

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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