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

  • ὅπου καὶ Ἄννωνα λέοντι χρώμενον σκευοφόρῳ παρὰ τὰσ στρατείασ αἰτιασάμενοι τυραννικὰ φρονεῖν ἐξήλασαν. (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 3 9:2)

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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