Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πορτιτρόφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πορτιτρόφος πορτιτρόφον

Structure: πορτιτροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tre/fw

Sense

  1. nourishing calves

Examples

  • πάντη γάρ τοι, Φοῖβε, νόμοι βεβλήατ’ ἀοιδῆσ, ἠμὲν ἀν’ ἤπειρον πορτιτρόφον ἠδ’ ἀνὰ νήσουσ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , part 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. nourishing calves

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

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