Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρωτότομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρωτότομος πρωτότομον

Structure: πρωτοτομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/mnw

Sense

  1. first cut

Examples

  • ἤδη καὶ ῥόδον ἐστί, καὶ ἀκμάζων ἐρέβινθοσ, καὶ καυλοὶ κράμβησ, Σωσύλε, πρωτοτόμου, καὶ μαίνη ̔’σαλαγεῦσα, καὶ ἀρτιπαγὴσ ἁλίτυροσ, καὶ θριδάκων οὔλων ἁβροφυῆ πέταλα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 4121)

Synonyms

  1. first cut

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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