Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

γαμοστόλος

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γαμοστόλος

Etym.: ste/llw

Sense

  1. preparing a wedding

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ τεοῖσ θαλάμοισι γαμοστόλοσ οὐχ Ὑμέναιοσ, οὐδ’ Ἥρησ ζυγίησ λαμπάδεσ ἠντίασαν, πένθιμοσ ἀλλ’ Αἴδησ ἐπεκώμασεν, ἀμφὶ δ’ Ἐρινὺσ φοίνιοσ ἐκ στομάτων μόρσιμον ἧκεν ὄπα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 1882)

Synonyms

  1. preparing a wedding

Similar forms

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

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