Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑκατόμβοιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑκατόμβοιος ἑκατόμβοιον

Structure: ἑκατομβοι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: bou=s

Sense

  1. worth a hundred beeves

Examples

  • ἔνθ’ αὖτε Γλαύκῳ Κρονίδησ φρένασ ἐξέλετο Ζεύσ, ὅτι χρύσεια χαλκείων, ἑκατόμβοια ἐννεαβοίων ἔμελλε διαμείψεσθαι. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 11 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. worth a hundred beeves

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

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