Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λαοδόκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαοδόκος λαοδόκον

Structure: λαοδοκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: de/xomai

Sense

  1. receiving the people

Examples

  • Ἐνδυμίωνοσ δὲ καὶ νηίδοσ νύμφησ, ἢ ὥσ τινεσ Ἰφιανάσσησ, Αἰτωλόσ, ὃσ ἀποκτείνασ Ἆπιν τὸν Φορωνέωσ καὶ φυγὼν εἰσ τὴν Κουρήτιδα χώραν, κτείνασ τοὺσ ὑποδεξαμένουσ Φθίασ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνοσ υἱούσ, Δῶρον καὶ Λαόδοκον καὶ Πολυποίτην, ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ τὴν χώραν Αἰτωλίαν ἐκάλεσεν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 7 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. receiving the people

Related

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

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