Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄφλοιος

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφλοιος

Sense

  1. without bark

Examples

  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἀντικωμῳδῶν τὸν Ἀλκαῖον τῷ ἐλεγείῳ παρέβαλεν αφλοιοσ καὶ ἄφυλλοσ, ὁδοιπόρε, τῷδ’ ἐπὶ νώτῳ Ἀλκαίῳ σταυρὸσ πήγνυται ἠλίβατοσ· (Plutarch, Titus Flamininus, chapter 9 3:2)
  • τοῦ Μακεδόνων βασιλέωσ Ἄφλοιοσ καὶ ἄφυλλοσ, ὁδοίπορε, τῷδ’ ἐπὶ νώτῳ Ἀλκαίῳ σταυρὸσ πήγνυται ἡλίβατοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 26b1)

Synonyms

  1. without bark

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

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