Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολύμηλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύμηλος πολύμηλον

Structure: πολυμηλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mh=lon

Sense

  1. with many sheep or goats, rich in flocks

Examples

  • Ὀρχομενὸσ δὲ ἐγένετο οἰκιστὴσ Μεθυδρίου τε καλουμένησ καὶ Ὀρχομενίων, οὓσ ἐν τοῖσ ἔπεσι πολυμήλουσ ὠνόμασεν Ὅμηροσ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 3 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. with many sheep or goats

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

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