Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μελεδωνός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελεδωνός

Etym.: meledai/nw

Sense

  1. one who takes care of anything, a manager, keeper, steward, the keeper, one who provides

Examples

  • σὺ δέ, ὦ βασιλεῦ, ἐμὲ ἐσ τόδε ἡλικίησ ἥκοντα οἰκτείρασ τῶν μοι παίδων ἕνα παράλυσον τῆσ στρατηίησ τὸν πρεσβύτατον, ἵνα αὐτοῦ τε ἐμεῦ καὶ τῶν χρημάτων ἦ μελεδωνόσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 38 4:1)

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

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