Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νεόδρεπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεόδρεπτος νεόδρεπτον

Structure: νεοδρεπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dre/pw

Sense

  1. fresh-plucked, wreathed with fresh-plucked leaves

Examples

  • τί φὴσ ἱκνεῖσθαι τῶνδ’ ἀγωνίων θεῶν, λευκοστεφεῖσ ἔχουσα νεοδρέπτουσ κλάδουσ; (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode 8:9)
  • ἱερὰ δ’ ἐκ κίστασ ποπανεύματα χερσὶν ἑλοῖσαι εὐφάμωσ κατέθεντο νεοδρέπτων ἐπὶ βωμῶν, ὡσ ἐδίδασχ’, ὡσ αὐτὸσ ἐθυμάρει Διόνυσοσ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 3)

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

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