Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πόδαργος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πόδαργος πόδαργον

Structure: ποδαργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. swiftfooted or whitefooted: - , swiftfoot or whitefoot

Examples

  • "καὶ φίλιπποσ μὲν ἀνὴρ οὐδὲν ἧττον ἀσπάζεται τοῦ Ποδάργου τὴν εὐφυϊάν ἢ Αἴθην τὴν Ἀγαμεμνονέην· (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 218)
  • ἵπποσ μέν γε ἄλλοσ μὲν λευκότατοσ , ὅκωσ οἱ Θρήϊκεσ Ῥήσου· ἄλλοι δὲ πόδαργοι, ὅκωσ Μενέλεω πόδαργοσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 343)
  • ἀνδρὶ μὲν Ἱππαίμων ὄνομ’ ἦν, ἵππῳ δὲ Πόδαργοσ, καὶ κυνὶ Λήθαργοσ, καὶ θεράποντι Βάβησ, Θεσσαλόσ, ἐκ Κρήτησ, Μάγνησ γένοσ, Αἵμονοσ υἱόσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3041)
  • ἀνδρὶ μὲν Ἱππαίμων ὄνομ̓ ἦν, ἵππῳ δὲ Πόδαργοσ, καὶ κυνὶ Λήθαργοσ καὶ θεράποντι Βάβησ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 72:3)

Synonyms

  1. swiftfooted or whitefooted

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

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