Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀελλόπος

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀελλόπος

Etym.: poetic for a)ello/pous, compare a)rti/pos, Oi)di/pos

Sense

  1. storm-footed, storm-swift

Examples

  • ὣσ ἔφατ’, ὦρτο δὲ Ἶρισ ἀελλόποσ ἀγγελέουσα, βῆ δ’ ἐξ Ἰδαίων ὀρέων ἐσ μακρὸν Ὄλυμπον. (Homer, Iliad, Book 8 42:1)
  • ὣσ ἔφατ’, ὦρτο δὲ Ἶρισ ἀελλόποσ ἀγγελέουσα, μεσσηγὺσ δὲ Σάμου τε καὶ Ἴμβρου παιπαλοέσσησ ἔνθορε μείλανι πόντῳ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 7:1)
  • ὣσ ἔφατ’, ὦρτο δὲ Ἶρισ ἀελλόποσ ἀγγελέουσα. (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 15:1)

Synonyms

  1. storm-footed

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

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