Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πεισίβροτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πεισίβροτος πεισίβροτον

Structure: πεισιβροτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. persuading or controlling mortals

Examples

  • βασιλεὺσ γὰρ ἦσθ’, ὄφρ’ ἔζησ, μόριμον λάχοσ πιπλάντων χεροῖν πεισίβροτόν τε βάκτρον. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, choral, antistrophe 22)

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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