Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πετρηρεφής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πετρηρεφής πετρηρεφές

Structure: πετρηρεφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)re/fw

Sense

  1. o'er-arched with rock, rockvaulted

Examples

  • πῶσ ἐτόλμησασ, λιπὼν ἐπώνυμόν τε ῥεῦμα καὶ πετρηρεφῆ αὐτόκτιτ’ ἄντρα, τὴν σιδηρομήτορα ἐλθεῖν ἐσ αἰᾶν; (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, anapests 1:4)

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

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