Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πορφυρόστρωτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πορφυρόστρωτος πορφυρόστρωτον

Structure: πορφυροστρωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. spread with purple cloth

Examples

  • εὐθὺσ γενέσθω πορφυρόστρωτοσ πόροσ ἐσ δῶμ’ ἀέλπτον ὡσ ἂν ἡγῆται δίκη. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode, anapests 8:8)

Synonyms

  1. spread with purple cloth

Similar forms

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

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