Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀστρονομικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀστρονομικός

Structure: ἀστρονομικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)strono/mos

Sense

  1. skilled in astronomy, pertaining to astronomy

Examples

  • ἐφαίνοντο δὲ περὶ φύσεώσ τε καὶ τῶν μετεώρων ἀστρονομικὰ ἄττα διερωτᾶν τὸν Ἱππίαν, ὁ δ’ ἐν θρόνῳ καθήμενοσ ἑκάστοισ αὐτῶν διέκρινεν καὶ διεξῄει τὰ ἐρωτώμενα. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 46:2)

Synonyms

  1. skilled in astronomy

Related

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

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