Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φυλλοχόος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φυλλοχόος φυλλοχόον

Structure: φυλλοχο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xe/w

Sense

  1. shedding the leaves.

Examples

  • "φυλλοχόοσ γὰρ ὀνομάζεται διὰ ψυχρότητα καὶ ξηρότητα τηνικαῦτα τῶν φύλλων ἀπορρεόντων· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 16:8)

Synonyms

  1. shedding the leaves

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

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