Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνώχυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνώχυρος ἀνώχυρᾱ ἀνώχυρον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + νωχυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)xuro/s

Sense

  1. not fortified

Examples

  • τὸ δὲ σύνολον οὕτωσ ἐδέξαντο τὴν ἔφοδον τῶν Καρχηδονίων εὐρώστωσ, ὥστε καὶ πόλιν ἀνώχυρον ἔχοντεσ καὶ συμμάχων ὄντεσ ἔρημοι, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ τὰ τείχη θεωροῦντεσ πίπτοντα κατὰ πλείονασ τόπουσ, οὐ κατεπλάγησαν τὸν περιεστῶτα κίνδυνον. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiii, chapter 108 11:1)

Synonyms

  1. not fortified

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

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