Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐλαφηβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλαφηβόλος ἐλαφηβόλον

Structure: ἐλαφηβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/lafos, ba/llw

Sense

  1. shooting deer

Examples

  • τοῖσι δὲ Πηλεί̈δησ ἁδινοῦ ἐξῆρχε γόοιο χεῖρασ ἐπ’ ἀνδροφόνουσ θέμενοσ στήθεσσιν ἑταίρου πυκνὰ μάλα στενάχων ὥσ τε λὶσ ἠϋγένειοσ, ᾧ ῥά θ’ ὑπὸ σκύμνουσ ἐλαφηβόλοσ ἁρπάσῃ ἀνὴρ ὕλησ ἐκ πυκινῆσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 18 29:6)

Synonyms

  1. shooting deer

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

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