Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μηλόβοτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μηλόβοτος μηλόβοτον

Structure: μηλοβοτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. grazed by sheep

Examples

  • ἡ πολύχρυσοσ ἐγὼ τὸ πάλαι πόλισ, ἡ τὸν Ἀτρειδῶν οἶκον ἀπ’ οὐρανίου δεξαμένη γενεῆσ, ἡ Τροίην πέρσασα θεόκτιτον, ἡ βασίλειον ἀσφαλὲσ Ἑλλήνων οὖσά ποθ’ ἡμιθέων, μηλόβοτοσ κεῖμαι καὶ βούνομοσ ἔνθα Μυκήνη, τῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ μεγάλων τοὔνομ’ ἔχουσα μόνον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1031)

Synonyms

  1. grazed by sheep

Related

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

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