Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

λυχνοποιός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λυχνοποιός λυχνοποιόν

Structure: λυχνοποι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poie/w

Sense

  1. making lamps or lanterns

Examples

  • ὅτι τυγχάνει λυχνοποιὸσ ὤν. (Aristophanes, Peace, Episode29)
  • ἢ οὐκ οἶσθα ὅτι λυχνοποιὸσ ἦν Κῦροσ Ἀστυάγουσ, καὶ ὁπότε γ̓ ἐνεθυμήθη καὶ ἔδοξεν αὐτῷ, ἐλεύθεροσ ἅμα καὶ βασιλεὺσ ἐγένετο τῆσ Ἀσίασ ἁπάσησ; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 36:5)

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

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