Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θριαμβικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θριαμβικός θριαμβική θριαμβικόν

Structure: θριαμβικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. triumphal

Examples

  • ἀνερρήθη δὲ καὶ πατὴρ πατρίδοσ, καὶ δικτάτωρ ἐσ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον ᾑρέθη καὶ ὕπατοσ ἐσ δέκα ἔτη, καὶ τὸ σῶμα ἱερὸσ καὶ ἄσυλοσ εἶναι καὶ χρηματίζειν ἐπὶ θρόνων ἐλεφαντίνων τε καὶ χρυσέων, καὶ θύειν μὲν αὐτὸν αἰεὶ θριαμβικῶσ ἠμφιεσμένον, τὴν δὲ πόλιν ἀνὰ ἔτοσ ἕκαστον, αἷσ αὐτὸσ ἡμέραισ ἐν παρατάξεσιν ἐνίκα, ἱερέασ δὲ καὶ ἱερείασ ἀνὰ πενταετὲσ εὐχὰσ δημοσίασ ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ τίθεσθαι, καὶ τὰσ ἀρχὰσ εὐθὺσ καθισταμένασ ὀμνύναι μηδενὶ τῶν ὑπὸ Καίσαροσ ὁριζομένων ἀντιπράξειν. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 16 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. triumphal

Related

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

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