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θηλυπρεπής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θηλυπρεπής θηλυπρεπές

Structure: θηλυπρεπη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pre/pw

Sense

  1. befitting a woman

Examples

  • ἢ μὴ ζηλοτύπει δούλοισ ἐπὶ παισὶν ἑταίρουσ, ἢ μὴ θηλυπρεπεῖσ οἰνοχόουσ πάρεχε. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1751)

Synonyms

  1. befitting a woman

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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