Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολυστεφής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυστεφής πολυστεφές

Structure: πολυστεφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ste/fw

Sense

  1. decked with many a wreath, wreathed with

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ἂν κάρα πολυστεφὴσ ὧδ’ εἱρ͂πε παγκάρπου δάφνησ. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 4:3)

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

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