Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐρασιχρήματος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐρασιχρήματος ἐρασιχρήματον

Structure: ἐρασιχρηματ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xrh/mata

Sense

  1. loving money

Examples

  • Σπεύσιππον τὸν Ἀθηναῖον οὕτω τι ἐρασιχρήματον γενέσθαι φασίν, ὡσ ἐπὶ τὸν Κασάνδρου γάμον ἐσ Μακεδονίαν κωμάσαι ποιήματα ψυχρὰ συνθέντα καὶ δημοσίᾳ ταῦθ’ ὑπὲρ χρημάτων ᾆσαι. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , section7)

Synonyms

  1. loving money

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

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