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τρίπολος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρίπολος τρίπολον

Structure: τριπολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pole/w

Sense

  1. thrice ploughed

Examples

  • εὐθὺσ δὲ σταθμοὶ περιμήκεεσ ἀγροιώταισ δέδμηνθ’, οἳ βασιλῆι πολὺν καὶ ἀθέσφατον ὄλβον ῥυόμεθ’ ἐνδυκέωσ, τριπόλοισ σπόρον ἐν νειοῖσιν ἔσθ’ ὅτε βάλλοντεσ καὶ τετραπόλοισιν ὁμοίωσ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 9)

Synonyms

  1. thrice ploughed

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

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