Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐλατήριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλατήριος ἐλατήριον

Structure: ἐλατηρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)lau/nw

Sense

  1. driving away

Examples

  • τάχα δὲ παντελὴσ χρόνοσ ἀμείψεται πρόθυρα δωμάτων, ὅταν ἀφ’ ἑστίασ πᾶν ἐλαθῇ μύσοσ καθαρμοῖσιν ἀτᾶν ἐλατηρίοισ. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, choral, antistrophe 21)

Synonyms

  1. driving away

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

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