Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑλέπολις

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑλέπολις

Etym.: e(lei=n

Sense

  1. city-destroying

Examples

  • πρὸ δὲ τούτων ἓξ ἡμέρασ ἀδιαλείπτωσ ἡ στερροτάτη πασῶν ἑλέπολισ τύπτουσα τὸν τοῖχον οὐδὲν ἤνυσεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ταύτησ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τὸ μέγεθοσ καὶ ἡ ἁρμονία τῶν λίθων ἦν ἀμείνων. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 249:1)

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

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