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ὑπόλιχνος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: hypolichnos

Principal Part: ὑπόλιχνος ὑπόλιχνον

Structure: ὑπολιχν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. somewhat lickerish or dainty

Examples

  • "γένος γάρ τι ἀνθρώπων ἐστὶν οὐ πρὸ πολλοῦ τῷ βίῳ ἐπιπολάσαν ἀργὸν φιλόνεικον κενόδοξον ὀξύχολον ὑπόλιχνον ὑπόμωρον τετυφωμένον ὕβρεως ἀνάπλεων καὶ ἵνα καθ Ὅμηρον εἴπω ἐτώσιον ἄχθος ἀρούρης. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 29:2)

Synonyms

  1. somewhat lickerish or dainty

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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