Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νεάγγελτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεάγγελτος νεάγγελτον

Structure: νεαγγελτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)gge/llw

Sense

  1. newly or lately told

Examples

  • Αἴγισθον ἡ κρατοῦσα τοῖσ ξένοισ καλεῖν ὅπωσ τάχιστ’ ἄνωγεν, ὡσ σαφέστερον ἀνὴρ ἀπ’ ἀνδρὸσ τὴν νεάγγελτον φάτιν ἐλθὼν πύθηται τήνδε, πρὸσ μὲν οἰκέτασ θετοσκυθρωπῶν ἐντὸσ ὀμμάτων γέλων κεύθουσ’ ἐπ’ ἔργοισ διαπεπραγμένοισ καλῶσ κείνῃ, δόμοισ δὲ τοῖσδε παγκάκωσ ἔχειν, φήμησ ὕφ’ ἧσ ἤγγειλαν οἱ ξένοι τορῶσ. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode, anapests 1:5)

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

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