Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Νάξιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Νάξιος Νάξιᾱ Νάξιον

Structure: Ναξι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Naxian;, the Naxians, a Naxian

Examples

  • δίδου μασᾶσθαι Ναξίασ ἀμυγδάλασ οἶνόν τε πίνειν Ναξίων ἀπ’ ἀμπέλων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 39 2:3)
  • Μαύλιεσ δ’ ὕπερθε πέτρησ Ναξίασ θοούμεναι Παμάτων φείδοντο Πανόσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 252)
  • Ἰμίλκων δὲ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν πεζὴν στρατιὰν εὔτονον τὴν πορείαν ἐποιεῖτο, καὶ κατήντησε τῆσ Ναξίασ ἐπὶ τὸν προειρημένον τόπον, ἅμα καὶ Μάγωνοσ καταπλεύσαντοσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiv, chapter 58 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. Naxian

Related

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

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