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

  • τὸν γὰρ Τισαφέρνην ἐκπεπληγμένοσ ὁ Ἀστύοχοσ, καὶ τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδην ὁρῶν παρ’ αὐτῷ μέγαν ὄντα, κατεμήνυσε τὰ τοῦ Φρυνίχου πρὸσ αὐτούσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 25 6:2)
  • Ἀστύοχοσ δὲ τῆσ Λιπάρασ ἔσχε τὴν ἡγεμονίαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 8 2:4)

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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