Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φθισίμβροτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φθισίμβροτος φθισίμβροτον

Structure: φθισιμβροτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fqi/w, fqi/sw

Sense

  1. destroying men

Examples

  • δὴ τότ’ Ἀθηναίη φθισίμβροτον αἰγίδ’ ἀνέσχεν ὑψόθεν ἐξ ὀροφῆσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 22 49:5)

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

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