Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

μηλοσκόπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μηλοσκόπος μηλοσκόπη μηλοσκόπον

Structure: μηλοσκοπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. from which sheep or goats, are watched

Examples

  • φοιτᾷ δ’ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα διὰ ῥωπήια πυκνά, ἄλλοτε μὲν ῥείθροισιν ἐφελκόμενοσ μαλακοῖσιν, ἄλλοτε δ’ αὖ πέτρῃσιν ἐν ἠλιβάτοισι διοιχνεῖ, ἀκροτάτην κορυφὴν μηλοσκόπον εἰσαναβαίνων. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:2)

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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