Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολύχρυσος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύχρυσος πολύχρυσον

Structure: πολυχρυς (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. rich in gold

Examples

  • ἡ τὸ πρὶν αὐχήσασα πολυχρύσοισ ἐπ’ ἐρασταῖσ, ἡ Νέμεσιν δεινὴν οὐχὶ κύσασα θεόν, μίσθια νῦν σπαθίοισ πενιχροῖσ πηνίσματα κρούει. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2831)

Synonyms

  1. rich in gold

Related

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

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