Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ξυστοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξυστοφόρος ξυστοφόρον

Structure: ξυστοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. carrying a spear

Examples

  • τῆσ προτέρασ δὲ ἰδέασ οἳ μὲν θυρεοὺσ φέρουσιν καὶ καλοῦνται θυρεαφόροι, οἳ δὲ ἄνευ τούτων αὐτὸ μόνον δόρασι μάχονται, οἳ δὴ καὶ ἰδίᾳ δορατοφόροι ὀνομάζονται, ἔστιν δὲ ὑφ̓ ὧν ξυστοφόροι. (Arrian, chapter 4 6:1)
  • ἐπὶ δὲ τούτοισ δισχίλιοι ξυστοφόροι· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 3 18:2)

Synonyms

  1. carrying a spear

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

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