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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

  • ἡ Περσὶσ δὲ χώρη μούνη μοι οὐκ εἴρηται δασμοφόροσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 97 2:2)
  • ἐδεδούλωτο γάρ, ὡσ καὶ πρότερόν μοι δεδήλωται, ἡ μέχρι Θεσσαλίησ πᾶσα καὶ ἦν ὑπὸ βασιλέα δασμοφόροσ, Μεγαβάζου τε καταστρεψαμένου καὶ ὕστερον Μαρδονίου. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 108 2:2)

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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