Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

βωτιάνειρα

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βωτιάνειρα

Etym.: bo/skw, a)nh/r

Sense

  1. man-feeding, nurse of heroes

Examples

  • τῷ δὲ βαθυκλήροιο διὰ χθονὸσ Αἱμονιήων ἐξαπίνησ ἀνέτελλεν Ἀχαιίδοσ ἄνθεα γαίησ, Φθίη βωτιάνειρα καὶ εὐρυάγυια Μυκήνη. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1109)

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

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