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ταναόδειρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταναόδειρος ταναόδειρον

Structure: ταναοδειρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dei/rh

Sense

  1. long-necked

Examples

  • ὧν τ’ ἐπὶ πόντιον οἶδμα θαλάσσησ φῦλα μετ’ ἀλκυόνεσσι ποτῆται, δεῦρ’ ἴτε πευσόμενοι τὰ νεώτερα, πάντα γὰρ ἐνθάδε φῦλ’ ἀθροί̈ζομεν οἰωνῶν ταναοδείρων. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parodos, monody8)
  • εἴδωλα πετεινῶν αἰθεροδρόμων οἰωνῶν ταναοδείρων ‐ ὠόπ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Episode, lyric15)

Synonyms

  1. long-necked

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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