Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑστιοῦχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑστιοῦχος ἑστιοῦχον

Structure: ἑστιουχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/xw

Sense

  1. guarding the house, a guardian
  2. having an altar or hearth

Examples

  • εὔχεσθε τῇ Ἑστίᾳ τῇ ὀρνιθείῳ καὶ τῷ ἰκτίνῳ τῷ ἑστιούχῳ καὶ ὄρνισιν Ὀλυμπίοισ καὶ Ὀλυμπίῃσι πᾶσι καὶ πάσῃσιν ‐ ὦ Σουνιέρακε χαῖρ’ ἄναξ Πελαργικέ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 1:7)

Synonyms

  1. having an altar or hearth

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

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