Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνεμοτρεφής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνεμοτρεφής ἀνεμοτρεφές

Structure: ἀνεμοτρεφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: tre/fw

Sense

  1. fed by the wind, from a tree reared by the wind, made tough by battling with the wind

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ὧσ ἀπέληγε μάχησ ἠδὲ πτολέμοιο, ἀλλ’ ἐπόρουσε Κόωνι ἔχων ἀνεμοτρεφὲσ ἔγχοσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 11 22:4)
  • αὐτὰρ ὃ λαμπόμενοσ πυρὶ πάντοθεν ἔνθορ’ ὁμίλῳ, ἐν δ’ ἔπεσ’ ὡσ ὅτε κῦμα θοῇ ἐν νηὶ̈ πέσῃσι λάβρον ὑπαὶ νεφέων ἀνεμοτρεφέσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 62:15)

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

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