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τετραπτερυλλίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: τετραπτερυλλίς τετραπτερυλλίδος

Structure: τετραπτερυλλιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ptero/n

Sense

  1. a four-wing, a grasshopper or locust

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ εἴ τι βούλει, πρίασο τῶν ἐγὼ φέρω τῶν ὀρταλίχων ἢ τῶν τετραπτερυλλίδων. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode9)

Synonyms

  1. a four-wing

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

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