Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λιθόβλητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιθόβλητος λιθόβλητον

Structure: λιθοβλητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. stone-throwing, pelting
  2. set with stones

Examples

  • εἰνοδίην καρύην με παρερχομένοισ ἐφύτευσαν παισὶ λιθοβλήτου παίγνιον εὐστοχίησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 31)
  • οὔτε ῥόδον στεφάνων ἐπιδεύεται, οὔτε σὺ πέπλων, οὔτε λιθοβλήτων, πότνια, κεκρυφάλων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2701)

Synonyms

  1. stone-throwing

  2. set with stones

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

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