Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ῥινοτόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥινοτόρος ῥινοτόρον

Structure: ῥινοτορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tei/rw

Sense

  1. shield-piercing

Examples

  • ἦρχε γὰρ Ἄρησ ῥινοτόροσ, καὶ πρῶτοσ Ἀθηναίῃ ἐπόρουσε χάλκεον ἔγχοσ ἔχων, καὶ ὀνείδειον φάτο μῦθον· (Homer, Iliad, Book 21 32:7)

Synonyms

  1. shield-piercing

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

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