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τρίφυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρίφυλος τρίφυλον

Structure: τριφυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fulh/

Sense

  1. of three tribes, into three tribes

Examples

  • οὗτοσ ὦν ὡνὴρ ἀπικόμενοσ ἐσ τὴν Κυρήνην καὶ μαθὼν ἕκαστα τοῦτο μὲν τριφύλουσ ἐποίησε σφεασ, τῇδε διαθείσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 161 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. of three tribes

Related

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

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