Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολυέλαιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυέλαιος πολυέλαιον

Structure: πολυελαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/laion

Sense

  1. yielding much oil

Examples

  • τί δὲ οἱ πολυέλαιοι, τί δὲ οἱ πολυπρόβατοι, οἱ δὲ γνώμῃ καὶ ἀργυρίῳ δυνάμενοι χρηματίζεσθαι; (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 4:3)

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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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