Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Διόσδοτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Διόσδοτος Διόσδοτη Διόσδοτον

Structure: Διοσδοτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: di/dwmi

Sense

  1. given by Zeus

Examples

  • κἀκφυσιῶν ὀξεῖαν αἵματοσ σφαγὴν βάλλει μ’ ἐρεμνῇ ψακάδι φοινίασ δρόσου, χαίρουσαν οὐδὲν ἧσσον ἢ διοσδότῳ γάνει σπορητὸσ κάλυκοσ ἐν λοχεύμασιν. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode, anapests 6:11)

Synonyms

  1. given by Zeus

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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