Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τρισπίθαμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρισπίθαμος τρισπίθαμον

Structure: τρισπιθαμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: spiqamh/

Sense

  1. three spans long

Examples

  • τῷ δὲ μετ’ ἴχνια βαῖνε θεὰ λευκώλενοσ ἰχθὺσ ἔγχελυσ, ἣ Διὸσ εὔχετ’ ἐν ἀγκοίνῃσι μιγῆναι, ἐκ Κωπῶν,1 ὅθεν ἐγχέλεων γένοσ ἀγροτεράων, παμμεγέθησ, ἣν οὔ κε δύ’ ἀνέρεσ ἀθλητῆρεσ, οἱοῖ ἄρ’ Ἀστυάναξ τε καὶ Ἀντήνωρ ἐγένοντο, ῥηιδίωσ ἐπ’ ἄμαξαν ἀπ’ οὔδεοσ ὀχλίσσειαν τρισπίθαμοι γὰρ ταί γε καὶ ἐννεαπήχεεσ ἦσαν εὖροσ, ἀτὰρ μῆκόσ γε γενέσθην ἐννεόργυιοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 12 8:5)

Synonyms

  1. three spans long

Related

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

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