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

  • αὐτῇ δ’ Ἀμφιτρύων λαοσσόοσ, ἀγλαὸσ ἡρ́ωσ, ἐκτελέσασ μέγα ἔργον ἀφίκετο ὅνδε δόμονδε. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 2:19)
  • ἀμφὶ δ’ ἄρ’ Αἰάντασ δοιοὺσ ἵσταντο φάλαγγεσ καρτεραί, ἃσ οὔτ’ ἄν κεν Ἄρησ ὀνόσαιτο μετελθὼν οὔτε κ’ Ἀθηναίη λαοσσόοσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 13 14:2)
  • οὐδέ κ’ Ἄρησ λαοσσόοσ οὐδέ κ’ Ἀθήνη τόν γε ἰδοῦσ’ ὀνόσαιτ’, οὐδ’ εἰ μάλα μιν χόλοσ ἵκοι· (Homer, Iliad, Book 17 39:8)
  • αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ μεθ’ ὅμιλον Ὀλύμπιοι ἤλυθον ἀνδρῶν, ὦρτο δ’ Ἔρισ κρατερὴ λαοσσόοσ, αὐε͂ δ’ Ἀθήνη στᾶσ’ ὁτὲ μὲν παρὰ τάφρον ὀρυκτὴν τείχεοσ ἐκτόσ, ἄλλοτ’ ἐπ’ ἀκτάων ἐριδούπων μακρὸν ἀύ̈τει. (Homer, Iliad, Book 20 6:3)
  • Αἰνείαν δ’ ἰθὺσ λαοσσόοσ ὦρσεν Ἀπόλλων ἀντία Πηλεί̈ωνοσ, ἐνῆκε δέ οἱ μένοσ ἠύ̈· (Homer, Iliad, Book 20 9:4)

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

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