Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κρεουργηδόν

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κρεουργηδόν

Etym.: kreourge/w

Sense

  1. like a butcher, in pieces

Examples

  • οἳ δὲ ἐπείτε τὴν νέα εἶδον ἐσελθοῦσαν ἐσ τὴν Μέμφιν, ἐκχυθέντεσ ἁλέεσ ἐκ τοῦ τείχεοσ τήν τε νέα διέφθειραν καὶ τοὺσ ἄνδρασ κρεουργηδὸν διασπάσαντεσ ἐφόρεον ἐσ τὸ τεῖχοσ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 13 3:1)

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

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