Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μακρόβιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μακρόβιος μακρόβιον

Structure: μακροβι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: bi/os

Sense

  1. long-lived

Examples

  • οὗτοσ μακρόβιοσ γενόμενοσ, πλέων τὴν θάλασσαν, τοῖσ ἐμπίπτουσιν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ ἐπυρσοφόρει. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 1 5:25)

Synonyms

  1. long-lived

Related

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

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