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ἐγχεσίμωρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγχεσίμωρος ἐγχεσίμωρον

Structure: ἐγχεσιμωρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: The deriv. of -mwros is uncertain, cf. i)o/mwros, u(lako/mwros.

Sense

  1. eager with the spear

Examples

  • Ἱππόθοοσ δ’ ἄγε φῦλα Πελασγῶν ἐγχεσιμώρων τῶν οἳ Λάρισαν ἐριβώλακα ναιετάασκον· (Homer, Iliad, Book 2 91:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ τὴν Λέσβον Πελασγίαν εἰρήκασι, καὶ τοῖσ ἐν τῇ Τρῳάδι Κίλιξιν Ὅμηροσ εἴρηκε τοὺσ ὁμόρουσ Πελασγούσ "Ἱππόθοοσ δ’ ἄγε φῦλα Πελασγῶν ἐγχεσιμώρων, τῶν οἳ "Λάρισαν ἐριβώλακα ναιετάασκον. (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 2 8:10)
  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ οὕτω φησίν Ἱππόθοοσ δ’ ἄγε φῦλα Πελασγῶν ἐγχεσιμώρων, τῶν οἳ Λάρισαν ἐριβώλακα ναιετάασκον· (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 3 4:4)

Synonyms

  1. eager with the spear

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

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