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ἀλέξανδρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλέξανδρος

Structure: ἀλεξανδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)le/cw, a)nh/r

Sense

  1. defending men

Examples

  • ἐδόκει γὰρ ὁρᾶν Ἀλεξάνδρουσ δύο παρασκευαζομένουσ ἀλλήλοισ μάχεσθαι, μιᾶσ ἑκάτερον ἡγούμενον φάλαγγοσ· (Plutarch, chapter 6 5:1)
  • "ὦ βασιλεῦ, τότε μὲν ἦν εἷσ Δαρεῖοσ, νῦν δὲ σὺ πολλοὺσ πεποίηκασ Ἀλεξάνδρουσ. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 39 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. defending men

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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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