Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μηχανοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μηχανοφόρος μηχανοφόρον

Structure: μηχανοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. conveying military machines

Examples

  • καὶ πρῶτα μὲν κατέσεισε τοῦ τείχουσ ἐπὶ μέγα, ὡσ δὲ ἀποχρῶν εἰσ πλάτοσ ἐφάνη τὸ παρερρηγμένον, τὰσ μὲν μηχανοφόρουσ ναῦσ ἐπανάγειν ἐκέλευσεν· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 23 1:2)

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

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