Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σχοίνινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σχοίνινος σχοίνινη σχοίνινον

Structure: σχοινιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sxoi=nos

Sense

  1. made of rushes

Examples

  • καὶ τὰ κοί̈κινα δὲ πλέγματα Αἰγυπτιακά ἐστι φυτοῦ τινοσ, ὅμοια τοῖσ σχοινίνοισ ἢ φοινικίνοισ. (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 2 9:3)

Synonyms

  1. made of rushes

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

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