Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

μεταλλευτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεταλλευτικός μεταλλευτική μεταλλευτικόν

Structure: μεταλλευτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from metalleu/w

Sense

  1. skilled in searching for metals, the art of mining

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • κατὰ φύσιν δὲ γεωργικὴ προτέρα, καὶ δεύτεραι ὅσαι ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ, οἱο͂ν μεταλλευτικὴ καὶ εἴ τισ ἄλλη τοιαύτη. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 10:2)
  • τρίτον δὲ εἶδοσ χρηματιστικῆσ μεταξὺ ταύτησ καὶ τῆσ πρώτησ ἔχει γὰρ καὶ τῆσ κατὰ φύσιν τι μέροσ καὶ τῆσ μεταβλητικῆσ, ὅσα ἀπὸ γῆσ καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ γῆσ γιγνομένων, ἀκάρπων μὲν χρησίμων δέ, οἱο͂ν ὑλοτομία τε καὶ πᾶσα μεταλλευτική. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 1 149:1)
  • πρώτη μὲν οὖν ἡ μεταλλευτικὴ καὶ ὑλοτομική· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 99:3)

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

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