Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

γαιήοχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γαιήοχος

Structure: γαιηοχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/xw

Sense

  1. earth-upholding
  2. protecting the country

Examples

  • τὼ δὲ βάτην παρὰ θῖνα πολυφλοίσβοιο θαλάσσησ πολλὰ μάλ’ εὐχομένω γαιηόχῳ ἐννοσιγαίῳ ῥηϊδίωσ πεπιθεῖν μεγάλασ φρένασ Αἰακίδαο. (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 15:1)
  • βῆ δὲ θέειν ἐπὶ νῆασ Ἀχαιῶν νήδυμοσ Ὕπνοσ ἀγγελίην ἐρέων γαιηόχῳ ἐννοσιγαίῳ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 14 39:2)

Synonyms

  1. earth-upholding

  2. protecting the country

Related

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

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