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χειροπληθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χειροπληθής χειροπληθές

Structure: χειροπληθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: plh=qos

Sense

  1. filling the hand, as large as can be held in the hand

Examples

  • ὥστε ἀφέντασ τὴν κόνιν καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον δίδασκε αὐτοὺσ τοξεύειν καὶ ἀκοντίζειν μὴ κοῦφα διδοὺσ τὰ ἀκόντια καὶ οἱᾶ διαφέρεσθαι πρὸσ τὸν ἄνεμον, ἀλλ’ ἔστω λόγχη βαρεῖα μετὰ συριγμοῦ ἑλιττομένη καὶ λίθοσ χειροπληθὴσ καὶ σάγαρισ καὶ γέρρον ἐν τῇ ἀριστερᾷ καὶ θώραξ καὶ κράνοσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 32:5)

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

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