Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Κηρεσσιφόρητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Κηρεσσιφόρητος Κηρεσσιφόρητον

Structure: Κηρεσσιφορητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kh/r, fore/w

Sense

  1. urged on by the *kh=res

Examples

  • ἔλπομαι εὐχόμενοσ Διί τ’ ἄλλοισίν τε θεοῖσιν ἐξελάαν ἐνθένδε κύνασ κηρεσσιφορήτουσ, οὓσ κῆρεσ φορέουσι μελαινάων ἐπὶ νηῶν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 8 52:7)

Synonyms

  1. urged on by the *kh=res

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

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