Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χαυνόπρωκτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαυνόπρωκτος χαυνόπρωκτον

Structure: χαυνοπρωκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. wide-breeched

Examples

  • χαυνοπρώκτουσ τοὺσ Ιἄονασ λέγει, εἰ προσδοκῶσι χρυσίον ἐκ τῶν βαρβάρων. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Prologue 4:10)

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

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