Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δρακοντώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δρακοντώδης δρακοντώδες

Structure: δρακοντωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. snake-like

Examples

  • "οἶμαι μὲν οὖν καὶ τὸν Κέκροπα διφυᾶ προσαγορεῦσαι τοὺσ παλαιούσ, οὐχ ὡσ ἔνιοι λέγουσιν ἐκ χρηστοῦ βασιλέωσ ἄγριον καὶ δρακοντώδη γενόμενον τύραννον, ἀλλὰ τοὐναντίον ἐν ἀρχῇ σκολιὸν ὄντα καὶ φοβερόν, εἶθ’ ὕστερον ἄρξαντα πράωσ καὶ φιλανθρώπωσ. (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 611)

Synonyms

  1. snake-like

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

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