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

  • ὦ ναοφύλακεσ βώμιοί τ’ ἐπιστάται, Θόασ ἄναξ γῆσ τῆσδε ποῦ κυρεῖ βεβώσ; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode1)
  • βώμιοι γὰρ ἐσχάραι πέλασ πάρεισι, κοὐκ ἔρημα δώματα. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode10)

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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