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

  • οἱ δὲ Αἰτωλοὶ τηλικούτων δυνάμεων ἐπ’ αὐτοὺσ ὡρμημένων οὐ κατεπλάγησαν ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ, ἀλλὰ τοὺσ μὲν ἀκμάζοντασ ταῖσ ἡλικίαισ ἀθροίσαντεσ εἰσ μυρίουσ κατέφυγον εἰσ τοὺσ ὀρεινοὺσ καὶ τραχεῖσ τόπουσ, εἰσ οὓσ τέκνα καὶ γυναῖκασ καὶ τοὺσ γεγηρακότασ καὶ τὸ τῶν χρημάτων πλῆθοσ ἀπέθεντο, καὶ τὰσ μὲν ἀνωχύρουσ πόλεισ ἐξέλιπον, τὰσ δὲ ὀχυρότητι διαφερούσασ φρουραῖσ ἀξιολόγοισ διαλαβόντεσ εὐτόλμωσ ὑπέμενον τὴν τῶν πολεμίων ἔφοδον. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 18, chapter 24 2:1)

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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