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ἀργυροκόπος

Second declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀργυροκόπος

Etym.: a)/rguros, ko/ptw

Sense

  1. a silver-smith

Examples

  • ἐξέλιπε φυσητὴρ ἀπὸ πυρόσ, ἐξέλιπε μόλυβδοσ. εἰσ κενὸν ἀργυροκόποσ ἀργυροκοπεῖ, πονηρία αὐτῶν οὐκ ἐτάκη. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 6:29)
  • ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ ποιοῦν αἴτιον χρὴ ὑποτιθέναι οἱο͂ν ἄργυροσ οὐκ ἀρκεῖ πρὸσ τὸ ἔκπωμα γενέσθαι, ἂν μὴ καὶ τὸ ποιοῦν ᾖ, τουτέστιν ὁ ἀργυροκόποσ ὁμοίωσ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ χαλκοῦ καὶ τοῦ ξύλου καὶ τῆσ ἄλλησ ὕλησ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 1, chapter 3 11:2)

Synonyms

  1. a silver-smith

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

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