Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ἐπάρουρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπάρουρος ἐπάρουρον

Structure: ἐπαρουρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/roura

Sense

  1. attached to the soil, ascriptus glebae

Examples

  • βουλοίμην κ’ ἐπάρουροσ ἐὼν θητευέμεν ἄλλῳ, ἀνδρὶ παρ’ ἀκλήρῳ, ᾧ μὴ βίοτοσ πολὺσ εἰή, ἢ πᾶσιν νεκύεσσι καταφθιμένοισιν ἀνάσσειν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 11 61:3)

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

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