Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀμφίρυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφίρυτος

Structure: ἀμφιρυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: r(e/w

Sense

  1. flowed around, sea-girt

Examples

  • κεστρέα δ’ Αἰγίνησ ἐξ ἀμφιρύτησ ἀγόραζε, ἀνδράσι τ’ ἀστείοισιν ὁμιλήσεισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 78 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. flowed around

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

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