Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τετραποδιστί

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Principal Part: τετραποδιστί

Etym.: pou/s

Sense

  1. on all fours

Examples

  • ὁρᾷσ ὅπωσ οὐκέτι μὲν τετραποδιστὶ βαδίζει, ἀνορθώσασ δὲ αὐτὴν ὁ Ἑρμῆσ γυναῖκα παγκάλην αὖθισ ἐποίησε; (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, notus and zephuros, chapter 28)
  • Λάκων τρωθεὶσ ἐν πολέμῳ καὶ βαδίζειν μὴ δυνάμενοσ, τετραποδιστὶ ὥδευεν. (Plutarch, Lacaenarum Apophthegmata, , section 151)
  • Λάκων τρωθεὶσ ἐν πολέμῳ καὶ βαδίζειν μὴ δυνάμενοσ, τετραποδιστὶ ὥδευεν. (Plutarch, Lacaenarum Apophthegmata, , section 151)

Synonyms

  1. on all fours

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

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