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ὑλήεις

First/Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑλήεις ὑλήεσσα ὑλήεν

Structure: ὑληεντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: u(/lh

Sense

  1. woody, wooded, through the wood
  2. dwelling in the woods

Examples

  • τῇ δ’ ἐπὶ Μοσσύνοικοι ὁμούριοι ὑλήεσσαν ἑξείησ ἤπειρον, ὑπωρείασ τε νέμονται, δουρατέοισ πύργοισιν ἐν οἰκία τεκτήναντεσ [κάλινα καὶ πύργουσ εὐπηγέασ, οὓσ καλέουσιν μόσσυνασ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 6:31)
  • Ἑρμείασ μὲν ἔπειτ’ ἀπέβη πρὸσ μακρὸν Ὄλυμπον νῆσον ἀν’ ὑλήεσσαν, ἐγὼ δ’ ἐσ δώματα Κίρκησ ἠιά, πολλὰ δέ μοι κραδίη πόρφυρε κιόντι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 10 33:5)

Synonyms

  1. woody

  2. dwelling in the woods

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

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