Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

βαρβαρόφωνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βαρβαρόφωνος

Structure: βαρβαροφων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fwnh/

Sense

  1. speaking a foreign tongue

Examples

  • χρησμὸσ Πυθίασ φράζεο βαρβαρόφωνοσ ὅταν ζυγὸν εἰσ ἅλα βάλλῃ βύβλινον, Εὐβοϊήσ ἀπέχειν πολυμηκάδασ αἶγασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 971)
  • φράζεο, βαρβαρόφωνοσ ὅταν ζυγὸν εἰσ ἅλα βάλλῃ βύβλινον, Εὐβοίησ ἀπέχειν πολυμηκάδασ αἶγασ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 8, chapter 20 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. speaking a foreign tongue

Related

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

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