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

  • ἀλλαχοῦ δὲ διπήχεισ ὄφεισ ὑμενοπτέρουσ ὥσπερ αἱ νυκτερίδεσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 74:10)

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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