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ὑγρομελής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑγρομελής ὑγρομελές

Structure: ὑγρομελη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: me/los

Sense

  1. with supple, soft limbs

Examples

  • θήλειαν μὲν μετὰ μῆνα ἑνδέκατον ἐξάγειν ἐπὶ θήραν, πρόσθεν δὲ ἔτι ἀπὸ δεκάτου μηνόσ, εἰ εὐπαγὴσ τύχοι καὶ μὴ ὑγρομελήσ, λαγῶ ἀπὸ χειρὸσ ἀφιέναι ἐν χωρίῳ περιφανεῖ, καὶ τὴν μὲν ἐγγύθεν ἐφιέναι τῷ λαγῷ τήν τε ὄψιν αὐτὴν ἐμπίμπλασθαι καὶ ἐγγὺσ ὁρῶσαν μετ̓ ἐλπίδοσ ἀγαθῆσ πονεῖν, κύνα δὲ ἄλλην τελείαν ἐφιέναι ὕστερον, ὡσ μὴ ἐπὶ πολὺ κακοπαθῆσαι τὴν σκύλακα μηδὲ ἀπαγορεῦσαι ὑπὸ καμάτου. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 25 1:1)

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

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