Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χαλκέμβολος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαλκέμβολος χαλκέμβολον

Structure: χαλκεμβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/mbolos

Sense

  1. with bronze beak

Examples

  • τοῦτο τὸ ἔργον οὕτωσ ἐταπείνωσε τὴν γνώμην τοῦ βασιλέωσ, ὥστε συνθέσθαι τὴν περιβόητον εἰρήνην ἐκείνην, ἵππου μὲν δρόμον ἀεὶ τῆσ Ἑλληνικῆσ ἀπέχειν θαλάσσησ, ἔνδον δὲ Κυανέων καὶ Χελιδονίων μακρᾷ νηὶ̈ καὶ χαλκεμβόλῳ μὴ πλέειν. (Plutarch, , chapter 13 4:2)

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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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