Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολυλήιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυλήιος πολυλήιον

Structure: πολυληι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: lh/ion

Sense

  1. with many cornfields

Examples

  • Οὐδ’ Ἀλόπῃ μίμνον πολυλήιοι Ἑρμείαο υἱέεσ εὖ δεδαῶτε δόλουσ, Ἔρυτοσ καὶ Ἐχίων, τοῖσι δ’ ἐπὶ τρίτατοσ γνωτὸσ κίε νισσομένοισιν Αἰθαλίδησ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 2:1)
  • ἔνθα δ’ Ἀρισταῖον Φοίβῳ τέκεν, ὃν καλέουσιν Ἀγρέα καὶ Νόμιον πολυλήιοι Αἱμονιῆεσ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 8:23)

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

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