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χελιδόνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χελιδόνιος

Structure: χελιδονι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xeli_dw/n

Sense

  1. of the swallow, like the swallow, coloured like the swallow's throat, reddish-brown, russet

Examples

  • καὶ τοὔνομα δὲ τοῦ κιναίδου ἀπεμνημόνευεν Χελιδόνιον γὰρ καλεῖσθαι. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 33:4)
  • οὐκέτι, ὦ Χελιδόνιον· (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 1:3)
  • οὐκ οἶδα, ὦ Χελιδόνιον. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 2:2)
  • ἀνάγνωθι λαβοῦσα, ὦ Χελιδόνιον· (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 2:13)
  • τί σοι δοκεῖ ἡ ἐπιστολή, ὦ Χελιδόνιον; (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 4:1)

Related

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

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