Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ῥωγαλέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥωγαλέος ῥωγαλέᾱ ῥωγαλέον

Structure: ῥωγαλε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: r(w/c

Sense

  1. broken, cleft, rent, torn

Examples

  • ἀμφὶ δέ μιν ῥάκοσ ἄλλο κακὸν βάλεν ἠδὲ χιτῶνα, ῥωγαλέα ῥυπόωντα, κακῷ μεμορυγμένα καπνῷ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 13 51:3)
  • ἐκ μέν με χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε εἵματ’ ἔδυσαν, ἀμφὶ δέ μοι ῥάκοσ ἄλλο κακὸν βάλον ἠδὲ χιτῶνα, ῥωγαλέα, τὰ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὁρ́ηαι· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 14 26:12)

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

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