Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νωτοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νωτοφόρος νωτοφόρον

Structure: νωτοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. carrying on the back, a beast of burthen

Examples

  • ἔχειν δὲ χρὴ καὶ ἄμην καὶ σμινύην κατὰ ἅμαξαν ἑκάστην, καὶ κατὰ τὸν νωτοφόρον δὲ ἀξίνην καὶ δρέπανον· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 2 43:4)

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

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