Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολισσοῦχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολισσοῦχος πολισσοῦχον

Structure: πολισσουχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. dwelling in the city

Examples

  • ὦ Ζεῦ τε καὶ Γῆ καὶ πολισσοῦχοι θεοί, Ἀρά τ’ Ἐρινὺσ πατρὸσ ἡ μεγασθενήσ, μή μοι πόλιν γε πρυμνόθεν πανώλεθρον ἐκθαμνίσητε δῃάλωτον, Ἑλλάδοσ φθόγγον χέουσαν, καὶ δόμουσ ἐφεστίουσ· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode 4:14)
  • ὑμεῖσ δ’ ἡγεῖσθε, πολισσοῦχοι παῖδεσ Κραναοῦ, ταῖσδε μετοίκοισ. (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, anapests4)

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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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