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τρίρρυμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρίρρυμος τρίρρυμον

Structure: τριρρυμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with three poles, with four horses abreast

Examples

  • ἁβροδιαίτων δ’ ἕπεται Λυδῶν ὄχλοσ, οἵ τ’ ἐπίπαν ἠπειρογενὲσ κατέχουσιν ἔθνοσ, τοὺσ Μητρογαθὴσ Ἀρκτεύσ τ’ ἀγαθόσ, βασιλῆσ δίοποι, καὶ πολύχρυσοι Σάρδεισ ἐπόχουσ πολλοῖσ ἁρ́μασιν ἐξορμῶσιν, δίρρυμά τε καὶ τρίρρυμα τέλη, φοβερὰν ὄψιν προσιδέσθαι. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode, anapests 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. with three poles

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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