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

  • ὣσ εἰπὼν ἐβίβασκεν ἐπὶ χθονὸσ εὐρυοδείησ Φοῖβοσ ἀκερσεκόμησ, ἑκατηβόλοσ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , part 14:1)
  • ἔνθα τότε σπεύδων κατεβήσατο λάινον οὐδὸν ἄντρον ἐσ ἠερόεν ἑκατηβόλοσ αὐτὸσ Ἀπόλλων. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 25:4)

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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