Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀροφηφάγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀροφηφάγος ὀροφηφάγον

Structure: ὀροφηφαγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fagei=n

Sense

  1. roof-destroying

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ἄν, Ἀτρειδᾶν ὀροφηφάγον ἁψαμένων πῦρ, οὕτω ἐφ’ ἁμετέροισ λάεσιν ἠριπόμαν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 152 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. roof-destroying

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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