Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σμυρνοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σμυρνοφόρος σμυρνοφόρον

Structure: σμυρνοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. bearing myrrh

Examples

  • μετὰ δὲ τὰσ νήσουσ ὁ ἑξῆσ πλοῦσ ἐστιν ἐγκολπίζουσι παρὰ τὴν σμυρνοφόρον ἐπὶ τὴν μεσημβρίαν ἅμα καὶ τὴν ἑώ μέχρι πρὸσ τὴν τὸ κιννάμωμον φέρουσαν, ὅσον πεντακισχιλίων σταδίων· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 8:17)

Synonyms

  1. bearing myrrh

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

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