Sense

1. ancestors

Examples

• τηλόθι δ’ ἴσχε δρυὸσ πέλεκυν κοκύαι γάρ ἔλεξαν ἁμῖν ὡσ πρότεραι ματέρεσ ἐντὶ δρύεσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 312 1:1)

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