Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀλεξητήριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλεξητήριος ἀλεξητήριη ἀλεξητήριον

Structure: ἀλεξητηρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)le/cw

Sense

  1. able to keep off, for defence
  2. a remedy: protection

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἰ δ’ αὖθ’, ὃ μὴ γένοιτο, συμφορὰ τύχοι, Ἐτεοκλέησ ἂν εἷσ πολὺσ κατὰ πτόλιν ὑμνοῖθ’ ὑπ’ ἀστῶν φροιμίοισ πολυρρόθοισ οἰμώγμασίν θ’, ὧν Ζεὺσ ἀλεξητήριοσ ἐπώνυμοσ γένοιτο Καδμείων πόλει. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. able to keep off

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

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