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δικηφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δικηφόρος δικηφόρον

Structure: δικηφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. bringing justice, avenging, vengeance, an avenger

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ εὖ νιν ἀσπάσασθε, καὶ γὰρ οὖν πρέπει Τροίαν κατασκάψαντα τοῦ δικηφόρου Διὸσ μακέλλῃ, τῇ κατείργασται πέδον. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode13)
  • ὦ φέγγοσ εὖφρον ἡμέρασ δικηφόρου. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode1)

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

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