Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ποντοπόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποντοπόρος ποντοπόρον

Structure: ποντοπορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poreu/omai

Sense

  1. passing over the sea, seafaring

Examples

  • εἰσ τὸν φάρον ἐν Σμύρνῃ μηκέτι δειμαίνοντεσ ἀφεγγέα νυκτὸσ ὁμίχλην, εἰσ ἐμὲ θαρσαλέωσ πλώετε, ποντοπόροι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 6751)

Synonyms

  1. passing over the sea

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

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