Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκταῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκταῖος ἀκταῖη ἀκταῖον

Structure: ἀκται (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)kth/

Sense

  1. on the coast, coast-land
  2. haunting the coast

Examples

  • ἴδοι δ’ ἄν τισ, φησίν, καὶ τὰσ καλουμένασ ἀκταίασ, ὅπερ ἐστὶ καὶ πολυτελέστατον ἐν τοῖσ Περσικοῖσ περιβλήμασιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 20 1:78)

Synonyms

  1. on the coast

Related

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

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