Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καρποτόκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καρποτόκος καρποτόκον

Structure: καρποτοκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ti/ktw

Sense

  1. bearing fruit

Examples

  • ἵζευ ὑπὸ σκιερὰν πλάτανον, ξένε, τάνδε παρέρπων, ἇσ ἁπαλῷ Ζέφυροσ πνεύματι φύλλα δονεῖ, ἔνθα με Νικαγόρασ κλυτὸν εἵσατο Μαιάδοσ Ἑρμᾶν, ἀγροῦ καρποτόκου ῥύτορα καὶ κτεάνων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 111)

Synonyms

  1. bearing fruit

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

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