Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νεκυοστόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεκυοστόλος νεκυοστόλον

Structure: νεκυοστολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ste/llw

Sense

  1. ferrying the dead
  2. bearing the dead

Examples

  • ὃν δ’ ἄλλοισ ἐφόρει νεκυοστόλον, αὐτὸσ ἐφ’ αὑτῷ ἀσκάντην ὁ γέρων ἀχθοφορῶν ἔλαθεν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 634 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. ferrying the dead

  2. bearing the dead

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

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