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

  • καὶ νῦν ἐν Ἄρει μαρτυρήσαι κεν πόλισ Αἰάντοσ ὀρθωθεῖσα ναύταισ ἐν πολυφθόρῳ Σαλαμὶσ Διὸσ ὄμβρῳ ἀναρίθμων ἀνδρῶν χαλαζάεντι φόνῳ. (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 5 13:1)

Derived

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

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