Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πηλουργός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πηλουργός πηλουργόν

Structure: πηλουργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/rgw

Sense

  1. a worker in clay

Examples

  • καὶ αὐτοὶ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι τοὺσ χυτρέασ καὶ ἰπνοποιοὺσ καὶ πάντασ, ὅσοι πηλουργοί, Προμηθέασ ἀπεκάλουν ἐπισκώπτοντεσ ἐσ τὸν πηλὸν καὶ τὴν ἐν πυρὶ οἶμαι τῶν σκευῶν ὄπτησιν· (Lucian, Prometheus es in verbis 5:4)

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

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