Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀστύοχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀστύοχος

Structure: ἀστυοχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/xw

Sense

  1. protecting the city

Examples

  • Χαλκιόπησ <δὲ> τῆσ Εὐρυπύλου Θετταλόσ, Ἐπικάστησ τῆσ Αὐγέου Θεστάλοσ, Παρθενόπησ τῆσ Στυμφάλου Εὐήρησ, Αὔγησ τῆσ Ἀλεοῦ Τήλεφοσ, Ἀστυόχησ τῆσ Φύλαντοσ Τληπόλεμοσ, Ἀστυδαμείασ τῆσ Ἀμύντοροσ Κτήσιπποσ, Αὐτονόησ τῆσ Πειρέωσ Παλαίμων. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 7 8:12)
  • Ῥοδίων Τληπόλεμοσ Ἡρακλέουσ καὶ Ἀστυόχησ ναῦσ θ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 3 18:2)
  • τὴν δὲ ἀρχὴν τῶν Ὀρχομενίων ἔσχεν Ἀσκάλαφοσ καὶ Ιἄλμενοσ Ἄρεωσ εἶναι λεγόμενοι, μητρὸσ δὲ Ἀστυόχησ ἦσαν τῆσ Ἄκτοροσ τοῦ Ἀζέωσ τοῦ Κλυμένου· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 37 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. protecting the city

Related

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

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