Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλέθειρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλέθειρος φιλέθειρον

Structure: φιλεθειρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/qeira

Sense

  1. attached to the hair

Examples

  • Εὐγάθησ Λαπιθανὸσ ἐσοπτρίδα, καὶ φιλέθειρον σινδόνα, καὶ πετάσου φάρσοσ ὑποξύριον, καὶ ψήκτραν δονακῖτιν ἀπέπτυσε, καὶ λιποκόπτουσ φασγανίδασ, καὶ τοὺσ συλόνυχασ στόνυχασ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 3071)

Synonyms

  1. attached to the hair

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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