Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τριχθά

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Principal Part: τριχθά

Etym.: epic lengthd. form of tri/xa

Sense

  1. in or into three parts

Examples

  • τριχθὰ δὲ κλασθεὶσ ἱστὸσ ὁμοῦ φόρτῳ κἀμὲ κάλυψε βυθῷ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3922)
  • αἱ μὲν ἔπειτ’ ἐφέροντ’ ἐπικάρσιαι, ἱστία δέ σφιν τριχθά τε καὶ τετραχθὰ διέσχισεν ἲσ ἀνέμοιο. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 4:5)
  • τριχθὰ δὲ ᾤκηθεν καταφυλαδόν, ἠδὲ φίληθεν ἐκ Διόσ, ὅσ τε θεοῖσι καὶ ἀνθρώποισιν ἀνάσσει, καί σφιν θεσπέσιον πλοῦτον κατέχευε Κρονίων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 2 64:7)
  • ἀμφὶ δ’ ἄρ’ αὐτῷ τριχθά τε καὶ τετραχθὰ διατρυφὲν ἔκπεσε χειρόσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 3 42:6)
  • τριχθὰ δὲ πάντα δέδασται, ἕκαστοσ δ’ ἔμμορε τιμῆσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 18:4)

Synonyms

  1. in or into three parts

Related

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

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