Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λευκόλοφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λευκόλοφος λευκόλοφον

Structure: λευκολοφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. white-crested, a white hill

Examples

  • κἂν μὴ ταχέωσ ἥκωσιν, ἐγὼ νὴ τὸν Ἀπόλλω στίξασ αὐτοὺσ καὶ συμποδίσασ μετ’ Ἀδειμάντου τοῦ Λευκολόφου κατὰ γῆσ ταχέωσ ἀποπέμψω. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Exodus, anapests5)

Synonyms

  1. white-crested

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

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