Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐλαιοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλαιοφόρος

Structure: ἐλαιοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. olive-bearing

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ χώρα ἡ μὲν ἦν ἀμπελόφυτοσ, ἡ δὲ ἐλαιοφόροσ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν καρπίμων δένδρων ἀνάπλεωσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 8 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. olive-bearing

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

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