Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αἰνόμορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰνόμορος

Structure: αἰνομορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. doomed to a sad end

Examples

  • μένει κτέανα δ’ ἐπιγόνοισ, δι’ ὧν αἰνομόροισ, δι’ ὧν νεῖκοσ ἔβα καὶ θανάτου τέλοσ. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 22)
  • ἦ ῥίγιον ἔσσεται ἄλγοσ αἰνομόροισ Τρώεσσι, καὶ Ἕκτορι, καὶ γενετῆρι, ὁππόταν ἔντεα ταῦτα θεὸσ πόρεν ἀνέρι τῷδε. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 4632)

Synonyms

  1. doomed to a sad end

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

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