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τοξήρης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τοξήρης τοξήρες

Structure: τοξηρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)rari/skw

Sense

  1. furnished with the bow
  2. of the bowstring

Examples

  • τὸ πάνσοφον δ’ εὑρ́ημα, τοξήρη σαγήν, μέμφῃ· (Euripides, Heracles, episode 1:12)
  • ναί, εὕδει ὕπνον γ’ ἀύπνον ὀλόμενον, ὃσ ἔκανεν ἄλο‐ χον, ἔκανε δὲ τέκεα, τοξήρει ψαλμῷ τοξεύσασ. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric1)

Synonyms

  1. furnished with the bow

  2. of the bowstring

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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