Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

στροφαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: στροφαῖος στροφαῖη στροφαῖον

Structure: στροφαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: strofeu/s

Sense

  1. standing as porter at the door-hinges, twisty, shifty

Examples

  • παρὰ τὴν θύραν στροφαῖον ἱδρύσασθέ με. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 1:17)
  • στροφαῖον; (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 1:18)

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

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