Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ποικιλόστολος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποικιλόστολος ποικιλόστολον

Structure: ποικιλοστολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sto/los II

Sense

  1. with variegated prow

Examples

  • ἦλθόν με νηὶ ποικιλοστόλῳ μέτα δῖόσ τ’ Ὀδυσσεὺσ χὠ τροφεὺσ τοὐμοῦ πατρόσ, λέγοντεσ, εἴτ’ ἀληθὲσ εἴτ’ ἄρ’ οὖν μάτην, ὡσ οὐ θέμισ γίγνοιτ’, ἐπεὶ κατέφθιτο πατὴρ ἐμόσ, τὰ πέργαμ’ ἄλλον ἤ μ’ ἑλεῖν. (Sophocles, Philoctetes, episode 4:1)

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

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