Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολυφθόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυφθόρος πολυφθόρον

Structure: πολυφθορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fqei/rw

Sense

  1. destroying many, deathful, rife with death or ruin

Examples

  • ἦ μὰν ἀνόμοιά γε δᾴοισιν ἐν θερμῷ χροὶ̈ ἕλκεα ῥῆξαν πελεμιζόμενοι ὑπ’ ἀλεξιμβρότῳ λόγχᾳ, τὰ μὲν ἀμφ’ Ἀχιλεῖ νεοκτόνῳ, ἄλλων τε μόχθων ἐν πολυφθόροισ ἁμέραισ. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 8 10:1)

Derived

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

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