Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πτώσιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πτώσιμος πτώσιμον

Structure: πτωσιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pi/ptw, pe/ptwka

Sense

  1. having fallen

Examples

  • ὅταν δ’ ἀπευκτὰ πήματ’ ἄγγελοσ πόλει στυγνῷ προσώπῳ πτωσίμου στρατοῦ φέρῃ, πόλει μὲν ἕλκοσ ἓν τὸ δήμιον τυχεῖν, πολλοὺσ δὲ πολλῶν ἐξαγισθέντασ δόμων ἄνδρασ διπλῇ μάστιγι, τὴν Ἄρησ φιλεῖ, δίλογχον ἄτην, φοινίαν ξυνωρίδα· (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. having fallen

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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