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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

  • εἰσ Ναυκράτιον τὸν ἀδελφὸν τοῦ μεγάλου Βασιλείου Ἰχθυβόλον ποτ’ ἔλυε λίνον βυθίησ ἀπὸ πέτρησ Ναυκράτιοσ, δίναισ ἐν ποταμοῦ βρυχίαισ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 1561)

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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