Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

παραμηρίδιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παραμηρίδιος παραμηρίδιον

Structure: παραμηριδι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mhro/s

Sense

  1. along the thighs;, armour for the thighs, cuisses

Examples

  • κνῆμαι δὲ καὶ πόδεσ ὑπερέχοιεν μὲν ἂν εἰκότωσ τῶν παραμηριδίων, ὁπλισθείη δ’ ἂν καὶ ταῦτα, εἰ ἐμβάδεσ γένοιντο σκύτουσ, ἐξ οὗπερ αἱ κρηπῖδεσ ποιοῦνται· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 12 12:1)

Related

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION