Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκρόλιθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκρόλιθος ἀκρόλιθη ἀκρόλιθον

Structure: ἀκρολιθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with the ends made of stone, with the head, arms, and legs marble

Examples

  • μὴ κδύσῃσ, ἄνθρωπε, τὸ χλαινίον, ἀλλὰ θεώρει οὕτωσ ἀκρολίθου κἀμὲ τρόπον ξοάνου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 401)

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

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