Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εἰκόσορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰκόσορος εἰκόσορᾱ εἰκόσορον

Structure: εἰκοσορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ei)/kosi, e)re/ssw

Sense

  1. with twenty oars

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐδάνεισαν Ἀνδροκλῆσ Σφήττιοσ καὶ Ναυσικράτησ Καρύστιοσ Ἀρτέμωνι καὶ Ἀπολλοδώρῳ Φασηλίταισ ἀργυρίου δραχμὰσ τρισχιλίασ Ἀθήνηθεν εἰσ Μένδην ἢ Σκιώνην, καὶ ἐντεῦθεν εἰσ Βόσπορον, ἐὰν δὲ βούλωνται, τῆσ ἐπ’ ἀριστερὰ μέχρι Βορυσθένουσ, καὶ πάλιν Ἀθήναζε, ἐπὶ διακοσίαισ εἴκοσι πέντε τὰσ χιλίασ, ἐὰν δὲ μετ’ Ἀρκτοῦρον ἐκπλεύσωσιν ἐκ τοῦ Πόντου ἐφ’ Ιἑρόν, ἐπὶ τριακοσίαισ τὰσ χιλίασ, ἐπὶ οἴνου κεραμίοισ Μενδαίοισ τρισχιλίοισ, ὃσ πλεύσεται ἐκ Μένδησ ἢ Σκιώνησ ἐν τῇ εἰκοσόρῳ ἣν Ὑβλήσιοσ ναυκληρεῖ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 13:1)
  • τὰ δὲ τρισχίλια κεράμια ἄγεσθαι ταῦτα εἰσ τὸν Πόντον ἐν τῇ εἰκοσόρῳ ἣν Ὑβλήσιοσ ἐναυκλήρει. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 28:2)
  • πλεύσετ’ ἄνωθ’ ἐπιβὰσ γραὸσ ἐπ’ εἰκοσόρῳ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 204 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. with twenty oars

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

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