Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ξυλοφάγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξυλοφάγος ξυλοφάγον

Structure: ξυλοφαγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fagei=n

Sense

  1. eating wood

Examples

  • ταῦτα πρότερον κατασκευάσασ ὁ Ναύπλιοσ, ὕστερον μαθὼν τὴν εἰσ τὰσ πατρίδασ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐπάνοδον, τὸν εἰσ τὸν Καφηρέα, νῦν δὲ Ξυλοφάγον λεγόμενον, ἀνῆψε φρυκτόν· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 6 18:1)

Synonyms

  1. eating wood

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

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