Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δικτυβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δικτυβόλος δικτυβόλον

Structure: δικτυβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ba/llw

Sense

  1. a fisherman

Examples

  • Τρῖγλαν ἀπ’ ἀνθρακιῆσ καὶ φυκίδα σοί, λιμενῖτι Ἄρτεμι, δωρεῦμαι Μῆνισ ὁ δικτυβόλοσ, καὶ ζωρόν, κεράσασ ἰσοχειλέα, καὶ τρύφοσ ἄρτου, αὐο͂ν ἐπιθραύσασ, τὴν πενιχρὴν θυσίην ἀνθ’ ἧσ μοι πλησθέντα δίδου θηράμασιν αἰὲν δίκτυα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1051)

Synonyms

  1. a fisherman

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

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