COMPOUND: ἑλκεχίτων, -ωνος
CATEGORIZATION: N [V+N]
MEANING: ‘trailing the tunic, with a long tunic’
ETYMOLOGY: verbal root ἑλκε- (ἕλκω) ‘draw, drag’ + χιτών, – ῶνος ‘tunic’
OCCURRENCE: Il. XIII, 685
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (V-argument) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: accent shift in compounding