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δασμοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δασμοφόρος

Structure: δασμοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dasmo/s, fe/rw

Sense

  1. paying tribute, tributary

Examples

  • ταῦτα δὲ κατὰ νόον τὸν σὸν ποιήσασ, θεοὺσ ἐπόμνυμι τοὺσ βασιληίουσ μὴ μὲν πρότερον ἐκδύσασθαι τὸν ἔχων κιθῶνα καταβήσομαι ἐσ Ιὠνίην, πρὶν ἄν τοι Σαρδὼ νῆσον τὴν μεγίστην δασμοφόρον ποιήσω. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 106 7:1)
  • Κῦροσ ὁ Καμβύσεω Ιὠνίην πᾶσαν πλὴν Ἀθηναίων κατεστρέψατο δασμοφόρον εἶναι Πέρσῃσι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 51 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. paying tribute

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

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