Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σταυροφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σταυροφόρος σταυροφόρον

Structure: σταυροφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. bearing the cross

Examples

  • εἰσ τὸν αὐτόν ὦ Ξώλων ζαθέων ἱερὸν πέδον, οἱο͂ν ἔρεισμα σταυροφόρων κόλποισ Καρτέριον κατέχεισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 1461)

Synonyms

  1. bearing the cross

Similar forms

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

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