Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑμενόπτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑμενόπτερος ὑμενόπτερον

Structure: ὑμενοπτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ptero/n

Sense

  1. membrane-winged

Examples

  • ἐπτέρωται δὲ οὐ κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ, ὡσ τοῖσ μὲν ἁπανταχόθεν κομᾶν τοῦ σώματοσ, τοῖσ δὲ ὠκυπτέροισ χρῆσθαι, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὰσ ἀκρίδασ καὶ τέττιγασ καὶ μελίττασ ἐστὶν ὑμενόπτεροσ, τοσοῦτον ἁπαλώτερα ἔχουσα τὰ πτερὰ ὅσον τῆσ Ἑλληνικῆσ ἐσθῆτοσ ἡ Ἰνδικὴ λεπτοτέρα καὶ μαλακωτέρα· (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. membrane-winged

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

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