Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἰχθυβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰχθυβόλος ἰχθυβόλον

Structure: ἰχθυβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ba/llw

Sense

  1. striking fish
  2. a fisher, angler
  3. of speared fish

Examples

  • καλοῦνται δὲ καὶ μέχρι νῦν τινεσ αὐτῶν Χοίρακοι καὶ Ἀμνοὶ καὶ Ἀρτυσίλεῳ καὶ Σήσαμοι καὶ Ἀρτυσίτραγοι καὶ Κρεωκόροι καὶ Ἰχθυβόλοι, τῶν δὲ γυναικῶν Κυμινάνθαι, κοινῇ δὲ πάντεσ Ἐλεοδύται διὰ τὸ τοῖσ ἐλεοῖσ ὑποδύεσθαι διακονοῦντεσ ἐν ταῖσ θοίναισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 73 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. striking fish

  2. of speared fish

Related

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

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