Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρόσκοπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόσκοπος πρόσκοπον

Structure: προσκοπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. seeing beforehand, an outpost, vidette, a reconnoitring party

Examples

  • ἐκ τούτου δὲ ἀριστοποιεῖσθαι καὶ ταχὺ τὸν πρόσκοπον ἀπολύεσθαι· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 12 7:3)

Derived

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

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