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σχινοκέφαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σχινοκέφαλος σχινοκέφαλον

Structure: σχινοκεφαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sxi=nos II

Sense

  1. with a squill-shaped, peaked) head

Examples

  • οἱ δ’ Ἀττικοὶ ποιηταὶ σχινοκέφαλον αὐτὸν ἐκάλουν· (Plutarch, , chapter 3 2:3)
  • ὁ σχινοκέφαλοσ Ζεὺσ ὅδε προσέρχεται τᾠδεῖον ἐπὶ τοῦ κρανίου ἔχων, ἐπειδὴ τοὔστρακον παροίχεται. (Plutarch, , chapter 13 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. with a squill-shaped

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

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