Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κτηνοτρόφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κτηνοτρόφος κτηνοτρόφον

Structure: κτηνοτροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tre/fw

Sense

  1. keeping cattle, pastoral.

Examples

  • τὴν γῆν ἣν παραδέδωκε Κύριοσ ἐνώπιον τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, γῆ κτηνοτρόφοσ ἐστί, καὶ τοῖσ παισί σου κτήνη ὑπάρχει. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 32:4)

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

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