Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀρεινόμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρεινόμος ὀρεινόμον

Structure: ὀρεινομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ne/mw B

Sense

  1. mountain-ranging

Examples

  • τάν τ’ ὀρεινόμον ἀγρίων Κενταύρων ποτὲ γένναν ἔστρωσεν τόξοισ φονίοισ, ἐναίρων πτανοῖσ βέλεσιν. (Euripides, Heracles, choral, antistrophe 11)
  • γυῖα γὰρ δαμεὶσ χρόνῳ ἀπεῖπεν ἤδη τὴν ὀρεινόμον πλάνην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 107 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. mountain-ranging

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

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