Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αἰγικορεῖς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰγικορεῖς

Etym.: If from ai)/c, kore/nnumi, the literal sense would be goatfeeders.

Sense

  1. goatherds

Examples

  • δυεῖν δὲ τῶν λοιπῶν Γελέοντασ μὲν τοὺσ γεωργούσ, Αἰγικορεῖσ δὲ τοὺσ ἐπὶ νομαῖσ καὶ προβατείαισ διατρίβοντασ. (Plutarch, , chapter 23 4:3)

Synonyms

  1. goatherds

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

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