Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φρίξ

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φρίξ

Etym.: fri/ssw

Sense

  1. the ruffling, the ripple
  2. a bristling up

Examples

  • οἱή δὲ Ζεφύροιο ἐχεύατο πόντον ἔπι φρὶξ ὀρνυμένοιο νέον, μελάνει δέ τε πόντοσ ὑπ’ αὐτῆσ, τοῖαι ἄρα στίχεσ εἱάτ’ Ἀχαιῶν τε Τρώων τε ἐν πεδίῳ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 7 9:6)

Synonyms

  1. a bristling up

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

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