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μελησίμβροτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελησίμβροτος μελησίμβροτον

Structure: μελησιμβροτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: me/lw, bro/tos

Sense

  1. an object of care or love to men

Examples

  • φαμὶ γὰρ τᾶσδ’ ἐξ ἁλιπλάκτου ποτὲ γᾶσ Ἐπάφοιο κόραν ἀστέων ῥίζαν φυτεύσεσθαι μελησιμβρότων Διὸσ ἐν Ἄμμωνοσ θεμέθλοισ. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. an object of care or love to men

Similar forms

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

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