Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τανύσφυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τανύσφυρος τανύσφυρον

Structure: τανυσφυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tanu/w, sfuro/n

Sense

  1. with taper ancles

Examples

  • αὐτῇ μὲν γὰρ νυκτὶ τανυσφύρου Ἠλεκτρυώνησ εὐνῇ καὶ φιλότητι μίγη, τέλεσεν δ’ ἄρ’ ἐέλδωρ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 2:18)

Synonyms

  1. with taper ancles

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

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