Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐστέφανος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐστέφανος

Structure: εὐστεφαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. well-crowned or well-girdled
  2. crowned with walls and towers

Examples

  • ἡρ́ωσ ὦ Ιὄλαε, βροτῶν πολὺ φίλτατε πάντων, ἦ τε μέγ’ ἀθανάτουσ μάκαρασ, τοὶ Ὄλυμπον ἔχουσιν, ἤλιτεν Ἀμφιτρύων, ὅτ’ ἐυστέφανον ποτὶ Θήβην ἦλθε λιπὼν Τίρυνθα, ἐυκτίμενον πτολίεθρον, κτείνασ Ἠλεκτρύωνα βοῶν ἕνεκ’ εὐρυμετώπων· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 6:1)
  • τὴν δ’ Ἀφροδίτην ἀφρογενέα τε θεὰν καὶ ἐυστέφανον Κυθέρειαν κικλῄσκουσι θεοί τε καὶ ἀνέρεσ, οὕνεκ’ ἐν ἀφρῷ θρέφθη· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 22:10)

Synonyms

  1. well-crowned or well-girdled

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

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