Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ξιφοδήλητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξιφοδήλητος ξιφοδήλητον

Structure: ξιφοδηλητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dhle/omai

Sense

  1. slain by the sword, by the sword

Examples

  • τὴν πολυκλαύτην Ἰφιγενείαν, ἄξια δράσασ ἄξια πάσχων μηδὲν ἐν Αἵδου μεγαλαυχείτω, ξιφοδηλήτῳ, θανάτῳ τείσασ ἅπερ ἦρξεν. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, anapests 1:4)

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

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