Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑλεόθρεπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑλεόθρεπτος ἑλεόθρεπτον

Structure: ἑλεοθρεπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(/los, tre/fw

Sense

  1. marsh-bred

Examples

  • ἵπποι δὲ παρ’ ἁρ́μασιν οἷσιν ἕκαστοσ λωτὸν ἐρεπτόμενοι ἐλεόθρεπτόν τε σέλινον ἕστασαν· (Homer, Iliad, Book 2 79:7)

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

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