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σταχυητρόφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σταχυητρόφος σταχυητρόφον

Structure: σταχυητροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. nourishing ears of corn

Examples

  • αὐτοῦ σοὶ παρ’ ἅλωνι, δυηπαθὲσ ἐργάτα μύρμηξ, ἠρίον ἐκ βώλου διψάδοσ ἐκτισάμαν, ὄφρα σε καὶ φθίμενον Δηοῦσ σταχυητρόφοσ αὖλαξ θέλγῃ, ἀροτραίᾐ κείμενον ἐν θαλάμῃ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2091)

Synonyms

  1. nourishing ears of corn

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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