Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μελανόχρους

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελανόχρους μελανόχρουν

Structure: μελανοχρο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = mela/gxroos, Od.

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Examples

  • ἦ μάν τοι λευκὰν διδυματόκον αἶγα φυλάσσω, τάν με καὶ ἁ Μέρμνωνοσ ἐριθακὶσ ἁ μελανόχρωσ αἰτεῖ, καὶ δωσῶ οἱ, ἐπεὶ τύ μοι ἐνδιαθρύπτῃ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 26)

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

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