Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀείφρουρος

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀείφρουρος

Sense

  1. ever-watching, ever-lasting

Examples

  • ὦ τύμβοσ, ὦ νυμφεῖον, ὦ κατασκαφὴσ οἴκησισ ἀείφρουροσ, οἷ πορεύομαι πρὸσ τοὺσ ἐμαυτῆσ, ὧν ἀριθμὸν ἐν νεκροῖσ πλεῖστον δέδεκται Φερσέφασσ’ ὀλωλότων· (Sophocles, Antigone, episode5)

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

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