Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑποκόλπιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑποκόλπιος ὑποκόλπιον

Structure: ὑποκολπι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. under the folds of the robe

Examples

  • ἄλλόσ τοι γλυκίων ὑποκόλπιοσ; (Theocritus, Idylls, 39)
  • εἷσ αὐτοῦ κατέκειθ’ ὑποκόλπιοσ, εἷσ ὑπὲρ ὦμον, εἷσ ἔφερεν τὸ φαγεῖν, εἷσ δὲ πιεῖν ἐδίδου· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 342)
  • ὁσσάκι Κυδίλλησ ὑποκόλπιοσ, εἴτε κατ’ ἦμαρ, εἴτ’ ἀποτολμήσασ ἤλυθον ἑσπέριοσ, οἶδ’ ὅτι πὰρ κρημνὸν τέμνω πόρον, οἶδ’ ὅτι ῥιπτῶ πάντα κύβον κεφαλῆσ αἰὲν ὕπερθεν ἐμῆσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 251)

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

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