Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολιοῦχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολιοῦχος πολιοῦχον

Structure: πολιουχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/xw

Sense

  1. protecting a city

Examples

  • πρὸσ τάδ’, ὦ πολιοῦχοι θεοί, τοῖσι μὲν ἔξω πύργων ἀνδρολέτειραν κῆρα, ῥίψοπλον ἄταν, ἐμβαλόντεσ ἄροισθε κῦδοσ τοῖσδε πολίταισ. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 12)
  • ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ καὶ πολιοῦχοι δαίμονεσ, οἳ δὴ Κάδμου πύργουσ τούσδε ῥύεσθε, πότερον χαίρω κἀπολολύξω πόλεωσ ἀσινεῖ σωτῆρι . (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, anapests1)

Synonyms

  1. protecting a city

Related

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

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