Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σειραῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σειραῖος σειραῖη σειραῖον

Structure: σειραι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: seira/

Sense

  1. joined by a cord or band
  2. of cord, twisted

Examples

  • κεῖνοσ δ’ ὑπ’ αὐτὴν ἐσχάτην στήλην ἔχων ἔχριμπτ’ ἀεὶ σύριγγα, δεξιὸν δ’ ἀνεὶσ σειραῖον ἵππον εἶργε τὸν προσκείμενον. (Sophocles, episode 6:23)

Synonyms

  1. of cord

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

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