Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λοχαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λοχαῖος λοχαῖη λοχαῖον

Structure: λοχαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = lo/xios,

Sense

  1. clandestine

Examples

  • ἐγκώμιον εἰσ Θεοδόσιον τὸν βασιλέα πάντα μὲν Αἰακίδαο φέρεισ ἀριδείκετα ἔργα, νόσφι λοχαίου ἔρωτοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 91)
  • Νικοδάμου δὲ ἔργον τοῦ Μαιναλίου παγκρατιαστήσ ἐστιν ἐκ Μαινάλου, δύο νίκασ ἐν ἀνδράσιν ἀνελόμενοσ, Ἀνδροσθένησ Λοχαίου. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 6 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. clandestine

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

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