Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δενδροκόμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δενδροκόμος δενδροκόμη δενδροκόμον

Structure: δενδροκομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ko/mh

Sense

  1. grown with wood

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀέναοι Νεφέλαι ἀρθῶμεν φανεραὶ δροσερὰν φύσιν εὐάγητον, πατρὸσ ἀπ’ Ὠκεανοῦ βαρυαχέοσ ὑψηλῶν ὀρέων κορυφὰσ ἐπὶ δενδροκόμουσ, ἵνα τηλεφανεῖσ σκοπιὰσ ἀφορώμεθα, καρπούσ τ’ ἀρδομέναν ἱερὰν χθόνα, καὶ ποταμῶν ζαθέων κελαδήματα, καὶ πόντον κελάδοντα βαρύβρομον· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Parodos, strophe 11)
  • σὲ τὰν ἐναύλοισ ὑπὸ δενδροκόμοισ μουσεῖα καὶ θάκουσ ἐνί‐ ζουσαν ἀναβοάσω, σὲ τὰν ἀοιδοτάταν ὄρνιθα μελῳδὸν ἀηδόνα δακρυόεσσαν, ἔλθ’ ὦ διὰ ξουθᾶν γενύων ἐλελιζομένα θρήνων ἐμοὶ ξυνεργόσ, Ἑλένασ μελέασ πόνουσ τὸν Ἰλιάδων τ’ ἀει δούσᾳ δακρυόεντα πότμον Ἀχαιῶν ὑπὸ λόγχαισ· (Euripides, Helen, choral, strophe 11)

Synonyms

  1. grown with wood

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

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