Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλόχρυσος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόχρυσος φιλόχρυσον

Structure: φιλοχρυς (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. fond of gold

Examples

  • ἄξιοί εἰσι τάφων, οἳ σὲ ζῆν εἰάσαν οὕτω, τὸν τῶν οἰχομένων ὑβριστὴν καὶ φιλόχρυσον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 1953)
  • νεκρῶν καὶ τάδε γ’ ἐστὶ σοφίσματα, ὡσ φιλόχρυσον εὑρ́ωσιν παλάμην, σήματα τοῖα χέειν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 2003)
  • εἰσ τοὺσ αὐτούσ εἰ λίην φιλόχρυσον ἔχεισ κέαρ, ἄλλον ὀρύσσειν χρυσὸν ἐμοὶ δ’ οὐδὲν πλὴν φθιμένων κτερέων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 2401)
  • ὣσ διακέρσαι σοί γε Θεὸσ βιοτήν, ὦ φιλόχρυσον ἄγοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 2452)

Related

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

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