Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λευκόσφυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λευκόσφυρος λευκόσφυρον

Structure: λευκοσφυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sfuro/n

Sense

  1. white-ankled

Examples

  • οἱ δ’ εἰσ ἀμβρόσιον θάλαμον λευκοσφύρου Ἥβησ ὅπλα καὶ αὐτὸν ἄγουσι γενειήταν Διὸσ υἱόν. (Theocritus, Idylls, 17)

Synonyms

  1. white-ankled

Similar forms

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

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