Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λιθοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιθοφόρος λιθοφόρον

Structure: λιθοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. carrying stones

Examples

  • πλεῖστοι δ’ ὑπὸ τῶν λιθοφόρων κεραιῶν ἔπιπτον, ὡσ ἂν ἐξ ὑπερδεξίων τόπων βαλλόντων λίθουσ ὑπερμεγέθεισ τῶν Ἀθηναίων. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiii, chapter 79 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. carrying stones

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

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