Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λαοσσόος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαοσσόος λαοσσόον

Structure: λαοσσο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. rousing or stirring nations
  2. to which the people flock
  3. preserving the people or nations

Examples

  • Ἀντιφάτησ μὲν ἔτικτεν Οἰ̈κλῆα μεγάθυμον, αὐτὰρ Οἰ̈κλείησ λαοσσόον Ἀμφιάραον, ὃν περὶ κῆρι φίλει Ζεύσ τ’ αἰγίοχοσ καὶ Ἀπόλλων παντοίην φιλότητ’· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 15 32:9)
  • ὣσ φάτ’, ὀϊόμενοσ λαοσσόον ἔμμεν Ἀθήνην. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 22 35:1)

Related

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

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