Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλοποίμνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλοποίμνιος φιλοποίμνιον

Structure: φιλοποιμνι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poi/mnh

Sense

  1. loving the flock

Examples

  • χἁμῖν ἐστι κύων φιλοποίμνιοσ, ὃσ λύκοσ ἄγχει, ὃν τῷ παιδὶ δίδωμι τὰ θηρία πάντα διώκειν. (Theocritus, Idylls, 93)

Synonyms

  1. loving the flock

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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