Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Διοτρεφής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Διοτρεφής Διοτρεφές

Structure: Διοτρεφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: tre/fw

Sense

  1. cherished by Zeus

Examples

  • πάλιν δὲ ὅταν λέγῃ διοτρεφεῖσ τοὺσ βασιλέασ καὶ διιφίλουσ, ἄλλο τι οἰεί λέγειν αὐτὸν τὴν τροφὴν ταύτην, ἢ διδασκαλίαν καὶ μαθητείαν; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 48:1)

Synonyms

  1. cherished 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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