Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολύλλιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύλλιστος πολύλλιστον

Structure: πολυλλιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: li/ssomai

Sense

  1. sought with many prayers

Examples

  • ὃ δὲ νόσφιν ἧστο θεῶν ἀπάνευθε πολυλλίστῳ ἐνὶ νηῷ, δέγμενοσ ἱερὰ καλὰ παρὰ θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 3:4)
  • πολύλλιστον δέ σ’ ἱκάνω, φεύγων ἐκ πόντοιο Ποσειδάωνοσ ἐνιπάσ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 5 46:2)

Synonyms

  1. sought with many prayers

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

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