Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νωίτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νωίτερος νωίτερᾱ νωίτερον

Structure: νωιτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or from us two

Examples

  • ἴστω νῦν τόδε Γαῖα καὶ Οὐρανὸσ εὐρὺσ ὕπερθε καὶ τὸ κατειβόμενον Στυγὸσ ὕδωρ, ὅσ τε μέγιστοσ ὁρ́κοσ δεινότατόσ τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσι, σή θ’ ἱερὴ κεφαλὴ καὶ νωί̈τερον λέχοσ αὐτῶν κουρίδιον, τὸ μὲν οὐκ ἂν ἐγώ ποτε μὰψ ὀμόσαιμι· (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. of or from us two

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

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