Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

στυφοκόπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: στυφοκόπος στυφοκόπον

Structure: στυφοκοπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: stu/pos, ko/ptw

Sense

  1. striking with a stick;

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ ᾔκειν ὄρτυγι ὑπὸ στυφοκόπου τὴν κεφαλὴν πεπληγμένῳ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 116)

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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