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λυπρόβιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λυπρόβιος λυπρόβιον

Structure: λυπροβι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. leading a wretched life.

Examples

  • πάντα μὲν οὖν ταῦτα λῃστρικώτατα ἔθνη, Βέσσοι δέ, οἵπερ τὸ πλέον τοῦ ὄρουσ νέμονται τοῦ Αἵμου, καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν λῃστῶν λῃσταὶ προσαγορεύονται, καλυβῖταί τινεσ καὶ λυπρόβιοι, συνάπτοντεσ τῇ τε Ῥοδόπῃ καὶ τοῖσ Παίοσι καὶ τῶν Ἰλλυριῶν τοῖσ τε Αὐταριάταισ καὶ τοῖσ Δαρδανίοισ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter 5 24:10)

Synonyms

  1. leading a wretched life

Similar forms

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

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