Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θηροτρόφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θηροτρόφος θηροτρόφον

Structure: θηροτροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tre/fw

Sense

  1. feeding on beasts

Examples

  • αὐτὰρ ἀνάσσω παρραλίησ, εἰ δή τιν’ ἀκούετε νόσφιν ἐόντεσ Εὐρύπυλον Λιβύῃ θηροτρόφῳ ἐγγεγαῶτα. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 25:12)

Synonyms

  1. feeding on beasts

Derived

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

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