Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λύγδινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λύγδινος λύγδινη λύγδινον

Structure: λυγδιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from lu/gdos

Sense

  1. of white marble
  2. marble-white

Examples

  • Βιθυνὶσ Κυθέρη με τεῆσ ἀνεθήκατο, Κύπρι, μορφῆσ εἴδωλον λύγδινον, εὐξαμένη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2091)

Synonyms

  1. of white marble

  2. marble-white

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

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