Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φερένικος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φερένικος φερένικον

Structure: φερενικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ni/kh

Sense

  1. carrying off victory

Examples

  • ξανθότριχα μὲν Φερένικον Ἀλφεὸν παρ’ εὐρυδίναν πῶλον ἀελλοδρόμαν εἶδε νικάσαντα χρυσόπαχυσ Αὤσ, Πυθῶνί τ’ ἐν ἀγαθέᾳ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 3:3)
  • "οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁρ́ον ἕξειν τὸ ἔργον, ἀλλὰ Φερένικον μὲν ἴσωσ καὶ Πελοπίδαν ἐπὶ τοὺσ αἰτίουσ μάλιστα τρέψεσθαι καὶ πονηρούσ· (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 3 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. carrying off victory

Related

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

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