Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

λουτροφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λουτροφόρος λουτροφόρον

Structure: λουτροφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. bringing water for bathing or washing, the marriage-ceremony
  2. the black urn

Examples

  • λουτροφόροσ ἐφέστηκεν ἐπὶ τῷ τοῦ Ἀρχιάδου τάφῳ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 23:4)
  • πρῶτον μὲν οὖν, ὅτι τά τε περὶ τὰσ ποιήσεισ καὶ τὸ γένοσ τὸ τούτων ἀληθῆ εἰρήκαμεν, καὶ ἡ λουτροφόροσ ἐφέστηκεν ἐπὶ τῷ τοῦ Ἀρχιάδου μνήματι, ταύτασ ὑμῖν τὰσ μαρτυρίασ βουλόμεθ’ ἀναγνῶναι· (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 36:1)

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

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