Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλόκρημνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόκρημνος φιλόκρημνον

Structure: φιλοκρημν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. loving steep rocks

Examples

  • χειμερίην διὰ νύκτα, χαλαζήεντά τε συρμὸν καὶ νιφετὸν φεύγων καὶ κρυόεντα πάγον, μουνολέων, καὶ δὴ κεκακωμένοσ ἀθρόα γυῖα, ἦλθε φιλοκρήμνων αὖλιν ἐσ αἰγινόμων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2211)

Synonyms

  1. loving steep rocks

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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