Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀρειδρόμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρειδρόμος ὀρειδρόμον

Structure: ὀρειδρομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dramei=n

Sense

  1. running on the hills

Examples

  • Τίσ ὅδ’ ὀρειδρόμων μαστὴρ Καδμείων ἐσ ὄροσ ἐσ ὄροσ ἔμολ’ ἔμολεν, ὦ βάκχαι; (Euripides, choral, strophe 13)
  • Ὦ τοῦδ’ Ἀχαιῶν κοίρανοι κοινοῦ στρατοῦ, ὁρᾶτε τήνδε θυσίαν, ἣν ἡ θεὸσ προύθηκε βωμίαν, ἔλαφον ὀρειδρόμον; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 1:8)

Synonyms

  1. running on the hills

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

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