Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αἰγίοχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰγίοχος

Structure: αἰγιοχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/xw

Sense

  1. Aegis-bearing

Examples

  • πρόσθεν γὰρ ἐπέλλαβε πῶμα πίθοιο αἰγιόχου βουλῇσι Διὸσ νεφεληγερέταο. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 13:9)
  • Ὑμνέομεν Λήδασ τε καὶ αἰγιόχου Διὸσ υἱώ, Κάστορα καὶ φοβερὸν Πολυδεύκεα πὺξ ἐρεθίζειν χεῖρασ ἐπιζεύξαντα μέσασ βοέοισιν ἱμᾶσιν. (Theocritus, Idylls, 1)
  • ᾧ γὰρ ἐπέσχον μαζὸν ἐμόν, μείων οὐδ’ ὅσον Αἰγιόχου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2243)
  • οὐ γὰρ Κύκλωπεσ Διὸσ αἰγιόχου ἀλέγουσιν οὐδὲ θεῶν μακάρων, ἐπεὶ ἦ πολὺ φέρτεροί εἰμεν· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 23:3)

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

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