Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θηρονόμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θηρονόμος θηρονόμον

Structure: θηρονομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ne/mw

Sense

  1. tending wild beasts

Examples

  • τὰν ἔλαφον, Λάδωνα καὶ ἀμφ’ Ἐρυμάνθιον ὕδωρ νῶτά τε θηρονόμου φερβομέναν Φολόασ, παῖσ ὁ Θεαρίδεω Λασιώνιοσ εἷλε Λυκόρμασ πλήξασ ῥομβητῷ δούρατοσ οὐριάχῳ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1111)

Synonyms

  1. tending wild beasts

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

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