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

  • Εὐμενὴσ μὲν γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῦ λαιοῦ κέρατοσ ἔταξεν Εὔδημον τὸν καταγαγόντα τοὺσ ἐλέφαντασ ἐξ Ἰνδῶν, ἔχοντα τὸ περὶ αὐτὸν ἄγημα τῶν ἱππέων, ὄντων ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα, πρόταγμα δὲ τούτων εἴλασ δύο ξυστοφόρων ἐπιλέκτων, βάθοσ ἐχούσασ ἱππέων πεντήκοντα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter 27 2:1)
  • ὁ οὖν Κῦροσ περιστησάμενοσ τῶν ξυστοφόρων Περσῶν κύκλον μέγαν εἶπε μηδένα παριέναι ἢ τοὺσ φίλουσ τε καὶ ἄρχοντασ τῶν Περσῶν τε καὶ τῶν συμμάχων. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 5 49:2)

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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