Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θυμοβόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θυμοβόρος θυμοβόρον

Structure: θυμοβορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: bibrw/skw

Sense

  1. eating the heart

Examples

  • Πριομένα κάλλει Γανυμήδεοσ εἶπέ ποθ’ Ἥρα, θυμοβόρον ζάλου κέντρον ἔχουσα νόῳ ἄρσεν πῦρ ἔτεκεν Τροία Διί· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 771)

Synonyms

  1. eating the heart

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

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