Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λυχνοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λυχνοφόρος λυχνοφόρον

Structure: λυχνοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. carrying a lamp

Examples

  • ῥᾳδίωσ οὖν αὐτὰσ ὁ λυχνοφόροσ ἐκεῖνοσ ἀνοίξειν οἰόμενοσ καὶ τὴν τοῦ κάνθωνοσ ὡσ ᾤετο κεφαλὴν ἔχων. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 64:1)

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

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