Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

λησίμβροτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λησίμβροτος λησίμβροτον

Structure: λησιμβροτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: lh/qw, broto/s

Sense

  1. taking men unawares, a thief

Examples

  • παῖδά τιν’ εὑρ͂ον τόνδε διαπρύσιον κεραϊστὴν Κυλλήνησ ἐν ὄρεσσι, πολὺν διὰ χῶρον ἀνύσσασ, κέρτομον, οἱο͂ν ἐγώ γε θεῶν οὐκ ἄλλον ὄπωπα οὐδ’ ἀνδρῶν, ὁπόσοι λησίμβροτοί εἰσ’ ἐπὶ γαίῃ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 38:3)

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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