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ἴφθιμος

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Transliteration A: íphthimos Transliteration B: iphthimos Transliteration C: ifthimos Beta Code: i)/fqimos

English (LSJ)

η, ον, also ος, ον (v. infr.),

   A stout, strong, of bodily strength, ὤμοις ἰ. Il.18.204; κρατὶ ἐπ' ἰ. 3.336; ἰ. ποταμῶν 17.749; βοῶν ἴ. κάρηνα 23.260; of heroes, ἴ. ψυχαί, κεφαλαί, 1.3, 11.55; of Hades, Od. 10.534; also, of women, comely, stately, ἰ. βασίλεια 16.332; ἄλοχος Il.5.415, Theoc.17.128; παράκοιτις Od.23.92, etc.; θυγάτηρ 15.364; Πηρώ 11.287: later, generally, strong, powerful, ἰφθίμης φιλότητος D.P.655:—Hom. uses ἰφθίμη of women; but ἴφθιμοι ψυχαί, κεφαλαί, speaking of men. (No ϝ-; prob. not cogn. with ἴς, ἶφι.)