Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κηρόδετος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κηρόδετος κηρόδετη κηρόδετον

Structure: κηροδετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: de/w

Sense

  1. wax-bound

Examples

  • συρίζων θ’ ὁ κηροδέτασ κάλαμοσ οὐρείου Πανὸσ κώπαισ ἐπιθωύ̈ξει, ὁ Φοῖβόσ θ’ ὁ μάντισ ἔχων κέλαδον ἑπτατόνου λύρασ ἀείδων ἄξει λιπαρὰν εὖ σ’ Ἀθηναίων ἐπὶ γᾶν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, choral, strophe 22)

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION