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μελάμπυγος

μελάμπυγος, black-bottomed

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μελαμπύγου Adjective: feminine genitive singular, Adjective: masculine genitive singular, Adjective: neuter genitive singular of μελάμπυγος

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μελάμ-πῡγος, ον,
  • black-bottomed, considered a mark of manhood, Eub. 61; a name of Heracles, μ. τοῖς ἐχθροῖς a very Heracles to them, Ar. Lys. 802 (lyr.), cf. Hdt. 7.216: prov., μή τευ μ. τύχης take care not to ‘catch a Tartar’, Archil. 110.
    • II of a kind of eagle, v. πύγαργος.

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