Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πετραῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πετραῖος πετραῖη πετραῖον

Structure: πετραι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from pe/tra

Sense

  1. of a rock, living on or among the rocks, rock-
  2. of rock, rocky
  3. clave the rocks of Tempe

Examples

  • ὁ τράγοσ ὁ Κλήσωνοσ ὅλαν διὰ πάννυχον ὄρφναν αἶγασ ἀκοιμάτουσ θῆκε φριμασσόμενοσ ὀδμὰ γάρ μιν ἔτυψε λύκου χιμαροσφακτῆροσ τηλόθι, πετραίαν αὖλιν ἀνερχομένου· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5581)

Synonyms

  1. of rock

Related

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

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