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

  • οὕτω φιλόχρυσοσ εἶ καὶ φιλόπλουτοσ, ὦ Μίκυλλε, καὶ μόνον τοῦτο ἐξ ἅπαντοσ θαυμάζεισ καὶ ἡγῇ εὔδαιμον εἶναι, πολὺ κεκτῆσθαι χρυσίον; (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 13:1)

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

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