Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εἰσωπός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰσωπός εἰσωπόν

Structure: εἰσωπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: w)/y

Sense

  1. in sight of, facing

Examples

  • τῇ ῥ’ οἵγ’ αὐτίκα νηὶ διὲξ Ἀχερουσίδοσ ἄκρησ εἰσωποὶ ἀνέμοιο νέον λήγοντοσ ἔκελσαν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 12:15)
  • εἰσωποὶ δ’ ἐγένοντο νεῶν, περὶ δ’ ἔσχεθον ἄκραι νῆεσ ὅσαι πρῶται εἰρύατο· (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 64:1)

Synonyms

  1. in sight of

Similar forms

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

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