Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σκευοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκευοφόρος σκευοφόρον

Structure: σκευοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. carrying, baggage-, the beasts of burden in an army
  2. a baggage-carrier, porter, the sutlers, camp-followers

Examples

  • ἢν δὲ κρατῶμεν, καὶ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ δεῖ σκευοφόρουσ ἡμετέρουσ νομίζειν. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 30:3)
  • οὐκοῦν διακόνου καὶ θεραπαίνησ τάξιν ἔχειν προσήκει τῇ τέχνῃ, τὴν φύσιν δ’ ἐν σχήματι δεσποίνησ τετάχθαι, εἰ μὴ καὶ τοὺσ σκευοφόρουσ πρὸ τῶν ὁπλιτῶν τάττοιμεν ἄν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 28:10)

Synonyms

  1. carrying

Related

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

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