Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κακόποτμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κακόποτμος κακόποτμον

Structure: κακοποτμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. ill-fated, ill-starred

Examples

  • ἐμὲ δὲ πατρίδοσ ἄπο κακόποτμον ἀραίαν ἔβαλε θεὸσ ἀπό <τε> πόλεοσ ἀπό τε σέθεν, ὅτε μέλαθρα λέχεά τ’ ἔλιπον ‐ οὐ λιποῦσ’ ἐπ’ αἰσχροῖσ γάμοισ. (Euripides, Helen, episode, lyric 1:31)

Synonyms

  1. ill-fated

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

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