Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αἰγινόμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰγινόμος

Structure: αἰγινομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ai)/c, ne/mw

Sense

  1. feeding goats, a goatherd

Examples

  • αἱ χίμαροι, τί ποτ’ ἆρα τὰ μὲν θύμα καὶ τιθύμαλλα λείπετε καὶ χλοερὴν αἰγίνομον βοτάνην, γυρὰ δ’ ἐπ’ ἀλλήλαισ σκιρτήματα γαῦρα τίθεσθε ἀμφὶ τὸν ὑλιβάτην ἁλλόμεναι Νόμιον; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2171)
  • χωρὶσ δὲ τῆσ ἐνεργοῦ πολλὴν μὲν ἄν τισ εὑρ́οι τὴν εἰσ ποίμνασ ἀνειμένην αὐτῆσ, πολλὴν δὲ τὴν αἰγινόμον, ἔτι δὲ πλείω καὶ θαυμασιωτέραν τὴν ἱπποφορβόν τε καὶ βουκολίδα· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 37 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. feeding goats

Derived

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

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