Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πιθηκοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πιθηκοφόρος πιθηκοφόρον

Structure: πιθηκοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. carrying apes

Examples

  • ἔσται ταῦτα, ὦ Φιλοσοφία, καὶ ὄψει αὐτίκα μάλα τοὺσ πολλοὺσ αὐτῶν ἀλωπεκίασ ἢ πιθηκοφόρουσ, ὀλίγουσ δὲ καὶ ἐστεφανωμένουσ· (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 47:1)

Synonyms

  1. carrying apes

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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