Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κανηφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κανηφόρος κανηφόρον

Structure: κανηφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. carrying a basket, Basket-bearers

Examples

  • ὦ Ξανθία, σφῷν δ’ ἐστὶν ὀρθὸσ ἑκτέοσ ὁ φαλλὸσ ἐξόπισθε τῆσ κανηφόρου· (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene12)

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

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