Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ξυλοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξυλοφόρος ξυλοφόρον

Structure: ξυλοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. carrying wood.

Examples

  • καὶ τὸ δῶρον τῶν ξυλοφόρων ἐν καιροῖσ ἀπὸ χρόνων καὶ ἐν τοῖσ βακχουρίοισ. μνήσθητί μου ὁ Θεὸσ ἡμῶν εἰσ ἀγαθωσύνην. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 13:31)
  • ἐν δὲ τῇ αὐτῇ ἐπιστολῇ ὁ Ἐπίκουροσ καὶ Πρωταγόραν φησὶ τὸν σοφιστὴν ἐκ φορμοφόρου καὶ ξυλοφόρου πρῶτον μὲν γενέσθαι γραφέα Δημοκρίτου· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 50 2:2)
  • τὴν δὲ ἐπιμέλειαν ἔχει τοῦ συσσιτίου γυνὴ τρεῖσ ἢ τέτταρασ τῶν δημοτικῶν προσειληφυῖα πρὸσ τὰσ ὑπηρεσίασ, ἑκάστῳ δ’ αὐτῶν ἀκολουθοῦσι δύο θεράποντεσ ξυλοφόροι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 224)

Synonyms

  1. carrying wood

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

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