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ἀστύοχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀστύοχος

Structure: ἀστυοχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/xw

Sense

  1. protecting the city

Examples

  • κρατούμενοσ δὲ τῇ γνώμῃ καὶ φανερῶσ ἤδη τοῦ Ἀλκιβιάδου γεγονὼσ ἐχθρόσ, ἐξήγγειλε κρύφα πρὸσ Ἀστύοχον τὸν τῶν πολεμίων ναύαρχον, ἐγκελευόμενοσ φυλάττεσθαι καὶ συλλαμβάνειν ὡσ ἐπαμφοτερίζοντα τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδην. (Plutarch, , chapter 25 5:3)
  • αὖθισ γὰρ ἔπεμψε πρὸσ τὸν Ἀστύοχον, ἐγκαλῶν μὲν ὑπὲρ τῆσ μηνύσεωσ, ἐπαγγελλόμενοσ δὲ τὰσ ναῦσ καὶ τὸ στρατόπεδον τῶν Ἀθηναίων ὑποχείριον αὐτῷ παρέξειν. (Plutarch, , chapter 25 7:1)
  • τοῦ δ’ Αἰόλου υἱοὺσ γενέσθαι τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἕξ, Ἀστύοχον καὶ Ξοῦθον καὶ Ἀνδροκλέα, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ Φεραίμονα καὶ Ιὄκαστον καὶ Ἀγάθυρνον· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 8 1:1)

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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