COMPOUND: ὑψίκομος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [Adv+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘with lofty foliage, towering’
ETYMOLOGY: ὔψι ‘on hight’ + noun root κόμ- (κόμη) ‘hair of the head’ but metaph. ‘foliage of trees’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. XIV, 398; XXIII, 118; Od. IX, 186; XII, 357; XIV, 328; XIX, 297
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: gen. m. sg., gen. f. (target gender) sg., dat. f. (target gender) pl., acc. f. (target gender) pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: attributive – bahuvrῑhi
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