Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολύξενος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύξενος

Structure: πολυξεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. entertaining many guests, very hospitable
  2. visited by many guests

Examples

  • ἅδε Πολυκλείτοιο Πολυξένα, οὐδέ τισ ἄλλα χεὶρ ἔθιγεν τούτου δαιμονίου πίνακοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1501)

Related

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

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