Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σφηνοκέφαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφηνοκέφαλος σφηνοκέφαλον

Structure: σφηνοκεφαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kefalh/

Sense

  1. with peaked head

Examples

  • οὗτοι δὲ καὶ τοὺσ χρυσωρύχουσ μύρμηκασ καὶ Πᾶνασ σφηνοκεφάλουσ ὄφεισ τε καὶ βοῦσ καὶ ἐλάφουσ σὺν κέρασι καταπίνοντασ· (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 1 17:6)

Synonyms

  1. with peaked head

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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