Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

χαλαζήεις

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαλαζήεις

Structure: χαλαζηεντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xa/laza

Sense

  1. like hail, thick as hail

Examples

  • χειμερίην διὰ νύκτα, χαλαζήεντά τε συρμὸν καὶ νιφετὸν φεύγων καὶ κρυόεντα πάγον, μουνολέων, καὶ δὴ κεκακωμένοσ ἀθρόα γυῖα, ἦλθε φιλοκρήμνων αὖλιν ἐσ αἰγινόμων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2211)

Synonyms

  1. like hail

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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