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ὑψίκομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑψίκομος ὑψίκομον

Structure: ὑψικομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ko/mh

Sense

  1. with lofty foliage, towering

Examples

  • ὡσ δ’ ὅτ’ ἀφ’ ὑψηλῆσ κορυφῆσ ὄρεοσ μεγάλοιο πέτραι ἀποθρῴσκωσιν, ἐπ’ ἀλλήλῃσ δὲ πέσωσι, πολλαὶ δὲ δρῦσ ὑψίκομοι, πολλαὶ δὲ τε πεῦκαι αἴγειροί τε τανύρριζοι ῥήγνυνται ὑπ’ αὐτέων ῥίμφα κυλινδομένων, εἱώσ πεδίονδ’ ἀφίκωνται, ὣσ οἳ ἐπ’ ἀλλήλοισι πέσον μέγα κεκλήγοντεσ. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 35:6)

Synonyms

  1. with lofty foliage

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

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