Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λιθόλευστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιθόλευστος λιθόλευστον

Structure: λιθολευστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: leu/w

Sense

  1. stoned with stones, by stoning

Examples

  • ἀτυχεῖσ δὲ νομίζονται καθ’ ὅσον οὐκ ἔξεστιν αὐτοῖσ οὐδέποτε ἐξελθεῖν ἐκ τῶν βασιλείων, εἰ δὲ μή, γίνονται λιθόλευστοι ὑπὸ τῶν ὄχλων κατά τινα χρησμὸν ἀρχαῖον. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 47 4:4)

Synonyms

  1. stoned with stones

Related

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

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