Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πλίνθινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλίνθινος πλίνθινη πλίνθινον

Structure: πλινθιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pli/nqos

Sense

  1. of brick

Examples

  • ἦσαν ἐν τῇσι Σάρδισι οἰκίαι αἱ μὲν πλεῦνεσ καλάμιναι, ὅσαι δ’ αὐτέων καὶ πλίνθιναι ἦσαν, καλάμου εἶχον τὰσ ὀροφάσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 101 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. of brick

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

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