Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἱστοπόνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱστοπόνος ἱστοπόνον

Structure: ἱστοπον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. working at the loom

Examples

  • κερκίδα τὴν φιλοεργὸν Ἀθηναίῃ θέτο Βιττὼ ἄνθεμα, λιμηρῆσ ἄρμενον ἐργασίησ, πάντασ ἀποστύξασα γυνὴ τότε τοὺσ ἐν ἐρίθοισ μόχθουσ καὶ στυγερὰσ φροντίδασ ἱστοπόνων εἶπε δ’ Ἀθηναίῃ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 481)

Synonyms

  1. working at the loom

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

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