Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θαλλοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θαλλοφόρος θαλλοφόρον

Structure: θαλλοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. carrying young olive-shoots

Examples

  • σκωπτόμενοι δ’ ἐν ταῖσ ὁδοῖσ θαλλοφόροι καλούμεθ’, ἀντωμοσιῶν κελύφη. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, strophe8)

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

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