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

  • ἀλλά νιν εὑροῖσ’ ἀνδράσι θνατοῖσ ἔχειν, ὠνόμασεν κεφαλᾶν πολλᾶν νόμον, εὐκλεᾶ λαοσσόων μναστῆρ’ ἀγώνων, λεπτοῦ διανισσόμενον χαλκοῦ θαμὰ καὶ δονάκων, τοὶ παρὰ καλλιχόρῳ ναίοισι πόλει Χαρίτων. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 12 7:2)

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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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