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σιταγωγός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σιταγωγός σιταγωγόν

Structure: σιταγωγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. conveying or transporting corn, provision-

Examples

  • τὰ γάρ στόματα τοῦ Ῥοδανοῦ, πρὸσ τὰσ ἀνακοπὰσ τῆσ θαλάττησ, ἰλύν τε πολλὴν λαμβάνοντα καὶ θῖνα πηλῷ βαθεῖ συμπεπιλημένην ὑπὸ τοῦ κλύδωνοσ, χαλεπὸν καὶ ἐπίπονον καὶ βραδύπορον τοῖσ σιταγωγοῖσ ἐποίει τὸν εἴσπλουν. (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 15 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. conveying or transporting corn

Related

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

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