COMPOUND: τετραθέλυμνος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [Num+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘of four layers’
ETIMOLOGY: adj. root τετρα- (< *k^wetr-, τέσσ/τταρες, -α) ‘four’ + θέλυμνα ‘elements (of things)’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il, XV, 479; Od. XXII, 122
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: acc. n. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – dvigu
NOTES: in hom. always epith. of σάκος ‘shield’