Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐλαιόφυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλαιόφυτος ἐλαιόφυτον

Structure: ἐλαιοφυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. olive-planted

Examples

  • χώραν δ’ ἔχουσιν ἐλαιόφυτον μὲν καὶ κατάμπελον, σίτῳ δὲ λυπροτέραν διὰ τὴν τραχύτητα, ὥστε πεποιθότεσ τῇ θαλάττῃ μᾶλλον ἢ τῇ γῇ τὸ πρὸσ ναυτιλίασ εὐφυὲσ εἵλοντο μᾶλλον. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 1 10:6)
  • πρόκειται δ’ αὐτῆσ ἐλαιόφυτον πεδίον ὅσον ἑξήκοντα σταδίων· (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 8 23:8)

Synonyms

  1. olive-planted

Related

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

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