Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μαχαιροφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαχαιροφόρος μαχαιροφόρον

Structure: μαχαιροφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. wearing a sabre

Examples

  • τὸ μαχαιροφόρον τ’ ἔθνοσ ἐκ πάσησ Ἀσίασ ἕπεται δειναῖσ βασιλέωσ ὑπὸ πομπαῖσ. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode, anapests 1:4)

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

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