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ὑπαγκάλισμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπαγκάλισμα ὑπαγκάλισματος

Structure: ὑπαγκαλισματ (Stem)

Etym.: from u(pagkali/zw

Sense

  1. that which is clasped in the arms, a beloved one

Examples

  • ὦ νέον ὑπαγκάλισμα μητρὶ φίλτατον, ὦ χρωτὸσ ἡδὺ πνεῦμα· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, antistrophe 3 5:8)
  • ἁ δὲ χρυσέοισ θρόνοισ Διὸσ ὑπαγκάλισμα σεμνὸν Ἥρα τὸν ὠκύπουν ἔπεμψε Μαιάδοσ γόνον· (Euripides, Helen, choral, epode4)
  • καὶ νῦν δύ’ οὖσαι μίμνομεν μιᾶσ ὑπὸ χλαίνησ ὑπαγκάλισμα. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode3)

Synonyms

  1. that which is clasped in the arms

Similar forms

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

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