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λιθοβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιθοβόλος λιθοβόλον

Structure: λιθοβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: cf. liqobo/los

Sense

  1. struck with stones, stoned

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative λιθοβόλος λιθόβολον
Genitive λιθοβόλου λιθοβόλου
Dative λιθοβόλῳ λιθοβόλῳ
Accusative λιθοβόλον λιθόβολον
Vocative λιθοβόλε λιθόβολον
DualN/A/V λιθοβόλω λιθοβόλω
G/D λιθοβόλοιν λιθοβόλοιν
PluralNominative λιθοβόλοι λιθόβολα
Genitive λιθοβόλων λιθοβόλων
Dative λιθοβόλοις λιθοβόλοις
Accusative λιθοβόλους λιθόβολα
Vocative λιθοβόλοι λιθόβολα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective λιθοβόλος λιθοβόλου λιθοβολώτερος λιθοβολωτέρου λιθοβολώτατος λιθοβολωτάτου
Adverb λιθοβόλως λιθοβολώτερον λιθοβολώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἦσαν μὲν γὰρ ἐκ βυρσῶν περιερραμμένα, πλήρη δὲ ἐρίων, εἰσ τὸ τῇ πληγῇ ἐνδιδόναι τῶν λιθοβόλων. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 91 6:2)
  • πολὺ δὲ καὶ ἄλλο πλῆθοσ ἦν λιθοβόλων τε καὶ τοξοτῶν καὶ ἀκοντιστῶν καὶ πελταστῶν, Φρυγῶν τε καὶ Λυκίων καὶ Παμφύλων καὶ Πισιδῶν Κρητῶν τε καὶ Τραλλιανῶν καὶ Κιλίκων ἐσ τὸν Κρητῶν τρόπον ἐσκευασμένων. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 6 5:10)
  • εἶχον δ’ ὀξυβελεῖσ μὲν τριακοσίουσ, τεσσαράκοντα δὲ τῶν λιθοβόλων, δι’ ὧν τὰ χώματα τοῖσ Ῥωμαίοισ ἐποίουν δυσέργαστα. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 409:3)

Synonyms

  1. struck with stones

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

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