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

  • Φρύνιχοσ τοὺσ δὲ γομφίουσ ἅπαντασ ἐξέκοψεν, ὥστ’ οὐκ ἂν δυναίμην Ναξίαν ἀμυγδάλην κατᾶξαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 39 1:1)
  • φαίησ κέ νιν ἀνδράσιν ἀθληταῖσιν ἔμμεν Ναξίαν πέτραισ ἐν ἄλλαισ χαλκοδάμαντ’ ἀκόναν. (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 6 19:2)

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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