Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀργυρογνώμων

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀργυρογνώμων

Sense

  1. an assayer of silver

Examples

  • καὶ ὅτι ὥσπερ ἀργυρογνώμων ὁ κριτήσ ἐστιν, ὅπωσ διακρίνῃ τὸ κίβδηλον δίκαιον καὶ τὸ ἀληθέσ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 15 7:3)
  • ὁρᾶτε ἐπὶ τοῦ νομίσματοσ, ὅπου δοκεῖ τι εἶναι πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ, πῶσ καὶ τέχνην ἐξευρήκαμεν καὶ ὅσοισ ὁ ἀργυρογνώμων προσχρῆται πρὸσ δοκιμασίαν τοῦ νομίσματοσ, τῇ ὄψει, τῇ ἁφῇ, τῇ ὀσφρασίᾳ, τὰ τελευταῖα τῇ ἀκοῇ· (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 8:1)
  • ἔδει οὖν τοιοῦτόν τι ἔχειν ἡμᾶσ καὶ ἐν τῷ βίῳ οἱο͂ν ἐπ’ ἀργυρίου, ἵν’ εἰπεῖν δύνωμαι καθάπερ ὁ ἀργυρογνώμων λέγει "φέρε ἣν θέλεισ δραχμὴν καὶ διαγνώσομαι" 3. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. an assayer of silver

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

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