Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μεταλλικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεταλλικός μεταλλική μεταλλικόν

Structure: μεταλλικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from me/tallon

Sense

  1. of or for mines

Examples

  • "ἔστι δὲ κακόφωνοσ σφόδρα καὶ τῶν μεταλλικῶν κωφότατοσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 13:7)
  • Περὶ τῶν μεταλλικῶν μηχανημάτων. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. g'. STRATWN 2:25)

Synonyms

  1. of or for mines

Related

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

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