Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

βώμιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βώμιος

Structure: βωμι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: bwmo/s

Sense

  1. of an altar
  2. at the altar

Examples

  • ἡ δ’ ὀξυθήκτῳ βωμία περὶ ξίφει λύει κελαινὰ βλέφαρα, κωκύσασα μὲν τοῦ πρὶν θανόντοσ Μεγαρέωσ κλεινὸν λάχοσ, αὖθισ δὲ τοῦδε, λοίσθιον δὲ σοὶ κακὰσ πράξεισ ἐφυμνήσασα τῷ παιδοκτόνῳ. (Sophocles, Antigone, choral, antistrophe 25)

Synonyms

  1. of an altar

  2. at the altar

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

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