Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τέγεος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τέγεος τέγεον

Structure: τεγε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/gos

Sense

  1. at or near the roof

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἰ δέ τι κατέσχεν οἰκεῖον ἐν Τεγέᾳ πρᾶγμα τὸν Χείλεων ἐκεῖνον, οὐκ ἂν ἡ Ἑλλὰσ περιεγένετο. (Plutarch, De Herodoti malignitate, section 41 7:1)
  • ἐπαινοῦντοσ δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐν Τεγέᾳ μετὰ τὴν φυγὴν τοὺσ Λακεδαιμονίουσ· (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 21)
  • καὶ Νεμέᾳ τρὶσ ἐνίκησεν, καὶ τετράκισ ἄλλα Πελλάνᾳ, δύο δ’ ἐν Λυκαίῳ, καὶ Τεγέᾳ, καὶ ἐν Αἰγίνᾳ, κρατερᾷ τ’ Ἐπιδαύρῳ, καὶ Θήβᾳ, Μεγάρων τε δάμῳ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 13, chapter 19 1:2)
  • ὧν ἕνεκεν Τεγέα μεγαλόφρονα Κραύγιδοσ υἱὸν στᾶσεν, ἀμωμήτου κράντορ’ ἐλευθερίασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 26a4)
  • ἁ πάτρα δ’ εὐρύχοροσ Τεγέα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1533)

Synonyms

  1. at or near the roof

Related

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

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