Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σακεσφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σακεσφόρος σακεσφόρον

Structure: σακεσφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. shield-bearing

Examples

  • καὶ νῦν ἐπέγνωσ εὖ μ’ ἐπ’ ἀνδρὶ δυσμενεῖ βάσιν κυκλοῦντ’, Αἰάντι τῷ σακεσφόρῳ· (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 1:7)

Synonyms

  1. shield-bearing

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

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