Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λεύσιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεύσιμος λεύσιμον

Structure: λευσιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: leu/w

Sense

  1. stoning, by stoning, that will end in stoning

Examples

  • τίνα φυγὰν πτερόεσσαν ἢ χθονὸσ ὑπὸ σκοτίων μυχῶν πορευθῶ, θανάτου λεύσιμον ἄταν ἀποφεύγουσα, τεθρίππων ὠκιστᾶν χαλᾶν ἐπιβᾶσ’, ἢ πρύμνασ ἐπὶ ναῶν; (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric3)
  • μολὼν γὰρ εἰσ ἔκκλητον Ἀργείων ὄχλον ἑκοῦσαν οὐχ ἑκοῦσαν ἐπισείσω πόλιν σοὶ σῇ τ’ ἀδελφῇ, λεύσιμον δοῦναι δίκην. (Euripides, episode, iambic 14:14)

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

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