Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εἰροπόκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰροπόκος εἰροπόκον

Structure: εἰροποκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. wool-fleeced, woolly

Examples

  • πολλοὺσ δ’ ἀγραύλουσ ἀκαχήσεισ μηλοβοτῆρασ οὔρεοσ ἐν βήσσῃσ, ὁπότ’ ἄν κρειῶν ἐρατίζων ἀντᾷσ βουκολίοισι καὶ εἰροπόκοισ ὀίεσσιν. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 29:3)
  • δὴ τότε μιν τρὶσ τόσσον ἕλεν μένοσ ὥσ τε λέοντα ὅν ῥά τε ποιμὴν ἀγρῷ ἐπ’ εἰροπόκοισ ὀί̈εσσι χραύσῃ μέν τ’ αὐλῆσ ὑπεράλμενον οὐδὲ δαμάσσῃ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 18:2)

Synonyms

  1. wool-fleeced

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

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