Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐλάϊνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλάϊνος ἐλάϊνη ἐλάϊνον

Structure: ἐλαϊν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)lai/a

Sense

  1. of olive-wood

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ τάχ’ ὁ μοχλὸσ ἐλάινοσ ἐν πυρὶ μέλλεν ἅψεσθαι, χλωρόσ περ ἐών, διεφαίνετο δ’ αἰνῶσ, καὶ τότ’ ἐγὼν ἆσσον φέρον ἐκ πυρόσ, ἀμφὶ δ’ ἑταῖροι ἵσταντ’· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 38:6)

Synonyms

  1. of olive-wood

Related

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

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