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ὑποδίφθερος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: hypodiphtheros

Principal Part: ὑποδίφθερος ὑποδίφθερον

Structure: ὑποδιφθερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. clothed in skins

Examples

  • τίς οὗτός ἐστιν, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, ὁ κεκραγὼς ἐκ τῆς Ἀττικῆς παρὰ τὸν Ὑμηττὸν ἐν τῇ ὑπωρείᾳ πιναρὸς ὅλος καὶ αὐχμῶν καὶ ὑποδίφθερος· (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 7:1)
  • οἱ μέντοι Ῥωμαῖοι καὶ ἐν τοῖς προσβορροτάτοις ὑποδιφθέρους τρέφουσι ποίμνας ἱκανῶς ἀστείας ἐρέας. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 4 6:8)
  • ἔχει δὲ καὶ προβατείαν ὑποδιφθέρου καὶ μαλακῆς ἐρέας, ἧς καθ ὅλην τὴν Καππαδοκίαν καὶ τὸν Πόντον σφόδρα πολλὴ σπάνις ἐστί: (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 3 26:2)

Synonyms

  1. clothed in skins

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

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