Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἱμάντινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱμάντινος ἱμάντινη ἱμάντινον

Structure: ἱμαντιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i(ma/s

Sense

  1. of leathern thongs

Examples

  • πλὴν γὰρ ἢ ὅτι σκυτίνη ἡ ἐσθὴσ τῶν Λιβυσσέων ἐστὶ καὶ οἱ θύσανοι οἱ ἐκ τῶν αἰγίδων αὐτῇσι οὐκ ὄφιεσ εἰσὶ ἀλλὰ ἱμάντινοι, τά γε ἄλλα πάντα κατὰ τὠυτὸ ἔσταλται. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 189 1:2)

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

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