Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀμβροδόκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀμβροδόκος ὀμβροδόκον

Structure: ὀμβροδοκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: de/xomai

Sense

  1. receiving rain

Examples

  • Καρφαλέοσ δίψει Φοίβου λάτρισ εὖτε γυναικὸσ εἶδεν ὑπὲρ τύμβου κρωσσίον ὀμβροδόκον, κλάγξεν ὑπὲρ χείλουσ, ἀλλ’ οὐ γένυσ ἥπτετο βυσσοῦ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2721)

Synonyms

  1. receiving rain

Similar forms

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

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