Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ταυροφόνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταυροφόνος ταυροφόνον

Structure: ταυροφον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = taurosfa/gos, Pind., Theocr., etc.

Sense

Examples

  • πόντου τε γέφυρ’ ἀκάμαντοσ ἐν ἀμφικτιόνων ταυροφόνῳ τριετηρίδι Κρεοντίδαν τίμασε Ποσειδάνιον ἂν τέμενοσ· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 6 12:1)
  • ταυροφόνων δ’ ἀμέγαρτα καὶ αἱμαλέα κρέα δόρπων θηρσὶ καὶ οἰωνοῖσ λείψομεν ὠμοβόροισ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 60 1:1)
  • τὸν δὲ μέτ’ ἀρρίγητοσ ἐπείσθορε ταυροφόνοσ θήρ, εἰσ τὸν ἑὸν προμολὼν φωλεὸν ἑσπέριοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 219 1:1)

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

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