Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολυάργυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυάργυρος πολυάργυρον

Structure: πολυαργυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. rich in silver

Examples

  • οὗτοι δὲ κατὰ πλείονασ τόπουσ ἀνοίξαντεσ στόμια καὶ κατὰ βάθουσ ὀρύττοντεσ τὴν γῆν ἐρευνῶσι τὰσ πολυαργύρουσ καὶ πολυχρύσουσ πλάκασ τῆσ γῆσ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 36 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. rich in silver

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

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