Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τανύπλεκτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τανύπλεκτος τανύπλεκτον

Structure: τανυπλεκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tanu/w

Sense

  1. in long plaits

Examples

  • Δαμὼ καὶ Μάθυμνα τὸν ἐν τριετηρίσιν Ἥρασ Εὔφρονα λυσσατὰν ὡσ ἐπύθοντο νέκυν, ζωὰν ἀρνήσαντο, τανυπλέκτων δ’ ἀπὸ μιτρᾶν χερσὶ δεραιούχουσ ἐκρεμάσαντο βρόχουσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4731)

Synonyms

  1. in long plaits

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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