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ὀπωροφόρος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: opōrophoros

Principal Part: ὀπωροφόρος ὀπωροφόρον

Structure: ὀπωροφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: φέρω

Sense

  1. bearing fruit

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ ἀειπέταλόν σοι ἐνεστήριξεν ἐλαίην πολλάκι, καὶ Βρομίου κλήμασιν ἠγλάισεν, καὶ Δηοῦς ἔπλησε, καὶ ὕδατος αὔλακας ἕλκων θῆκε μὲν εὐλάχανον, θῆκε δ ὀπωροφόρον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3212)

Synonyms

  1. bearing fruit

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

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