Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δόχμιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δόχμιος δόχμιᾱ δόχμιον

Structure: δοχμι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: doxmo/s

Sense

  1. across, athwart, aslant

Examples

  • δόχμιά νυν κόρασ διάφερ’ ὀμμάτων. (Euripides, choral, strophe 111)
  • πολλὰ δ’ ἄναντα κάταντα πάραντά τε δόχμιά τ’ ἦλθον· (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 11:7)

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

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