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

  • ἔφριξεν δὲ μάχη φθισίμβροτοσ ἐγχείῃσι μακρῇσ, ἃσ εἶχον ταμεσίχροασ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 13 35:3)

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

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