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ὑπωλένιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπωλένιος ὑπωλένιον

Structure: ὑπωλενι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. under the elbow

Examples

  • τῷ καὶ ἐπεὶ δαίτηθεν ἰοί κεκορημένοσ ἤδη νέκταροσ εὐόδμοιο φίλασ ἐσ δῶμ’ ἀλόχοιο, τῷ μὲν τόξον ἔδωκεν ὑπωλένιόν τε φαρέτραν, τῷ δὲ σιδάρειον σκύταλον κεχαραγμένον ὄζοισ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 16)

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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