Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πατρονόμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πατρονόμος πατρονόμον

Structure: πατρονομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ne/mw

Sense

  1. ruling as a father.

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ὅτι τρόπον τινὰ πάντεσ οἱ τηλικοῦτοι τάξιν ἀρχόντων ἤ τινων πατρονόμων ἢ παιδαγωγῶν ἔχοντεσ; (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 24 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. ruling as a father

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

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