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

  • ἀνυμέναια δ’ Ἰσμηνὸσ ἐκηδεύθη λουτροφόρου χλιδᾶσ, ἀνὰ δὲ Θηβαίαν πόλιν ἐσιγάθη σᾶσ ἔσοδοι νύμφασ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 2:5)
  • ἐγὼ δέ σοι οὔτε πῦρ ἀνῆψα γόνιμον ἐν γάμοισ, ἀνυμέναια δ’ Ἰσμηνὸσ ἐκηδεύθη λουτροφόρου χλιδᾶσ· (Plutarch, De exilio, section 16 16:1)

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

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