Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἰοστέφανος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰοστέφανος ἰοστέφανον

Structure: ἰοστεφαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. violet-crowned

Examples

  • πρότερον δ’ ὑμᾶσ ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων οἱ πρέσβεισ ἐξαπατῶντεσ πρῶτον μὲν ἰοστεφάνουσ ἐκάλουν· (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Parabasis, parabasis4)

Synonyms

  1. violet-crowned

Related

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

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