Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολυδάκρυος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυδάκρυος πολυδάκρυον

Structure: πολυδακρυ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = polu/dakrus, Il., Eur.

Sense

Examples

  • ἴστε γὰρ Ἀρῆοσ πολυδακρύου ἔργ’ ἀΐδηλα, εὖ δ’ ὀργὴν ἐδάητ’ ἀργαλέου πολέμου, καὶ θαμὰ φευγόντων τε διωκόντων τε γέγευσθε, ὦ νέοι, ἀμφοτέρων δ’ ἐσ κόρον ἠλάσατε. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 146)
  • στὰσ δ’ ἀπάνευθε μάχησ πολυδακρύου ἔντε’ ἄμειβεν· (Homer, Iliad, Book 17 18:3)

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

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