Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑκατηβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑκατηβόλος ἑκατηβόλον

Structure: ἑκατηβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(ka/s, ba/llw

Sense

  1. far-shooting, the far-darter

Examples

  • Ἁγνὲ θεῶν πρέσβισθ’ ἑκατηβόλε . (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 5)
  • τοξότα, Πιερίδων μεδέων, ἑκατηβόλε Φοῖβε, εἰπὲ κασιγνήτῃ, κρατεροὺσ ἵνα θῆρασ ἐγείρῃ, ὅσσον ἐπιψαῦσαι μερόπων δέμασ, ὅσσον ἀῦσαι λαῶν τερπομένων ἱερὸν στόμα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5811)
  • σοὶ δ’ αὐτῷ μελέτω ἑκατηβόλε φαίδιμοσ Ἕκτωρ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 23:7)
  • Ἔπη ὧν ἀρχή, Ἁγνὲ θεῶν πρέσβισθ’ ἑκατηβόλε. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. a'. ARISTOTELHS 26:13)

Synonyms

  1. far-shooting

Related

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

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