Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

γραμματοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γραμματοφόρος

Structure: γραμματοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. letter-carrying

Examples

  • πρὸσ μὲν οὖν τοὺσ ἄλλουσ δι’ αὐτῶν τῶν γραμματοφόρων ἔπεμπε τὰσ ἐπιστολάσ, εἰσ δὲ τὴν Ῥόδον καὶ πρεσβευτὰσ συναπέστειλεν Ἀντήνορα καὶ Φίλιππον. (Polybius, Histories, book 27, chapter 4 3:1)

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

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