Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐχέστονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐχέστονος ἐχέστονον

Structure: ἐχεστον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. bringing sorrows

Examples

  • αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ τὸν χῶρον, ὅθι λῖσ ἠε͂ν, ἵκανον, δὴ τότε τόξον ἑλὼν στρεπτὴν ἐπέλασσα κορώνῃ νευρειήν, περὶ δ’ ἰὸν ἐχέστονον εἶθαρ ἔβησα. (Theocritus, Idylls, 89)

Synonyms

  1. bringing sorrows

Similar forms

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

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