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σταχυοστέφανος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σταχυοστέφανος σταχυοστέφανον

Structure: σταχυοστεφαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. crowned with ears of corn

Examples

  • κέντρα τ’ ὀπισθονυγῆ, καὶ βουστρόφα δεσμὰ τενόντων, καὶ τρίνακασ ξυλίνασ, χεῖρασ ἀρουροπονων, γυῖ’ ἅτε πηρωθεὶσ Λυσίξενοσ αὔλακι πολλῇ ἐκρέμασεν Δηοῖ τῇ σταχυοστεφάνῳ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 104 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. crowned with ears of corn

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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