Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φαρμακοτρίβης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φαρμακοτρίβης φαρμακοτρίβου

Structure: φαρμακοτριβ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: tri/bw

Sense

  1. one who grinds drugs or colours

Examples

  • ἐν δὲ τῇ μερίδι τῇ τουτουὶ Ὀλυμπιοδώρου ἦν εἷσ τῶν φαρμακοτριβῶν, ὃν μάλιστα ἐνόμιζεν πιστὸν ἑαυτῷ εἶναι ὁ Κόμων· (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 18:1)

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

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