Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Λαρισαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λαρισαῖος Λαρισαῖη Λαρισαῖον

Structure: Λαρισαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Larissaean, of or from Larissa
  2. kettle or pot, first made at Larissa

Examples

  • Ἑλλήνων δὲ Μήδιοσ μὲν ὁ Ὀξυθέμιδοσ Λαρισαῖοσ, Εὐμένησ δὲ ὁ Ιἑρωνύμου ἐκ Καρδίησ, Κριτόβουλοσ δὲ δ Πλάτωνοσ Κῷοσ καὶ Θόασ ὁ Μηνοδώρου καὶ Μαίανδροσ ὁ Μανδρογένεοσ Μάγνητεσ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 18 7:1)
  • Πολύκλειτοσ δ’ ὁ Λαρισαῖοσ ἐν τῇ ὀγδόῃ τῶν Ἱστοριῶν καὶ ἐπὶ χρυσῆσ κλίνησ κοιμᾶσθαί φησι τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον καὶ αὐλητρίδασ αὐτῷ καὶ αὐλητὰσ αἰεὶ ἕπεσθαι ἐπὶ τὸ στρατόπεδον καὶ πίνειν ἄχρι τῆσ ἑώ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 551)
  • ἤδη δ’ ὦν πόσιοσ τοὶ τέσσαρεσ ἐν βάθει ἦμεσ, χὡ Λαρισαῖοσ "τὸν ἐμὸν Λύκον" ᾆδεν ἀπ’ ἀρχᾶσ, Θεσσαλικόν τι μέλισμα, κακαὶ φρένεσ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 34)
  • συνεπέθετο δὲ καὶ Ἑλλανοκράτησ ὁ Λαρισαῖοσ διὰ τὴν αὐτὴν αἰτίαν· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 236:2)
  • μέχρι τούτου Εὔδικοσ καὶ Σῖμοσ ὁ Λαρισαῖοσ, ἑώσ Θετταλίαν ὑπὸ Φιλίππῳ ἐποίησαν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 67:5)

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

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