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

  • καὶ γὰρ τὸν Ἀπόλλω ὁ αὐτὸσ πολύχρυσον εἶναι ἔφη καὶ πλούσιον· (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 10:5)
  • οὐ στέργω βαθυληίουσ ἀρούρασ, οὐκ ὄλβον πολύχρυσον, οἱᾶ Γύγησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1101)
  • τὴν δέ γε τοῦ Μενελάου πολυχρήματον καὶ πολύχρυσον αὐλήν, καθάπερ οἶμαι τῶν Ἀσιαγενῶν τινοσ βασιλέων. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 52:1)
  • τοὺσ δὲ ποιητὰσ καταψεύδεσθαι τῆσ θεοῦ διὰ τὴν αὑτῶν ἀκρασίαν, πολύχρυσον καλοῦντασ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 21:2)
  • ἣν πάντασ φησὶ μυθεῖσθαι πολύχρυσον, πολύχαλκον. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 26:1)

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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