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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.pis.pʰý.ri.a/ → /e.pisˈɸy.ri.a/ → /e.pisˈfi.ri.a/
Adjective
ἐπισφύρῐᾰ • (episphúria)
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ἐπισφύρῐος (episphúrios)
Noun
ἐπισφύρῐᾰ • (episphúria) n pl (genitive ἐπισφῠρίων); second declension
- bands, clasps or hook that fasten the greaves over the ankle, leg guards
- ankle
Declension
Further reading
- “ἐπισφύρια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐπισφύριον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐπισφύρια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press