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

  • ἐλθέ, φάνηθι, τὰν ζάχρυσον προβαλοῦ Πηλεί̈δα κατ’ ὄμμα πέλ‐ ταν δοχμίαν πεδαίρων σχιστὰν παρ’ ἄντυγα, πώλουσ ἐρεθί‐ ζων δίβολόν τ’ ἄκοντα πάλ‐ λων. (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, antistrophe 21)

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

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