Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπόξυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόξυλος ὑπόξυλον

Structure: ὑποξυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: cu/lon

Sense

  1. wooden underneath, of wood covered with a coat of metal

Examples

  • "τὰ χρυσᾶ θηρίκλεια ὑπόξυλα Νεοπτόλεμοσ ἀνέθηκεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 43 3:1)

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

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