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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 ὁ μείζων προσέοικε τῷ χελιδονίᾳ κατὰ τὴν σκληρότητα, τὰ δὲ ὑπογάστρια αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ κλεὶσ εὔστομα καὶ ἁπαλά, οἱ δὲ κοσταὶ λεγόμενοι ταριχευθέντεσ εἰσὶ μέσοι, ξανθίασ δ’ ἐπὶ ποσὸν βρωμώδησ ἐστὶν καὶ ἁπαλώτεροσ τοῦ ὀρκύνου. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 53 5:1)
  • αὑτὸσ δ’ ἀνὴρ πωλεῖ κίχλασ, ἀπίουσ, σχαδόνασ, ἐλάασ, πυόν, χόρια, χελιδόνια, τέττιγασ, ἐμβρύεια. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 14 1:1)
  • θηρὶ μὲν οὐατόεντι γενοίμην, εἴ ποτε γράψω, εἴκελοσ, ἐκ ποταμῶν χλωρὰ χελιδόνια. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 130 1:1)

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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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