Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐλελίχθων

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλελίχθων

Etym.: e)leli/zw

Sense

  1. shaking the earth

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἁ μεγαλώνυμοσ ἦλθε Νίκα τᾷ πολυαρμάτῳ ἀντιχαρεῖσα Θήβᾳ, ἐκ μὲν δὴ πολέμων τῶν νῦν θέσθαι λησμοσύναν, θεῶν δὲ ναοὺσ χοροῖσ παννυχίοισ πάντασ ἐπέλθωμεν, ὁ Θήβασ δ’ ἐλελίχθων Βάκχιοσ ἄρχοι. (Sophocles, Antigone, choral, antistrophe 21)

Synonyms

  1. shaking the earth

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

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