Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

περδικοτρόφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περδικοτρόφος περδικοτρόφον

Structure: περδικοτροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tre/fw

Sense

  1. keeping partridges

Examples

  • ἐξέπληττον δ’ ἔτι μᾶλλον οἱ περδικοτρόφοι κομίζοντεσ τοὺσ τιθασοὺσ καὶ τιθέντεσ καταντικρύ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 2 10:8)

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

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