Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σπαρτοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σπαρτοφόρος σπαρτοφόρον

Structure: σπαρτοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. bearing broom

Examples

  • χώραν δὲ τὴν μεσόγαιαν ἔχουσι τὴν μὲν ἀγαθὴν τὴν δὲ σπαρτοφόρον τῆσ ἀχρηστοτέρασ καὶ ἑλείασ σχοίνου, καλοῦσι δὲ Ιοὐγκάριον πεδίον· (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 4 18:3)

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

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