Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τειχήρης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τειχήρης τειχήρες

Structure: τειχηρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)rari/skw

Sense

  1. enclosed by walls, beleaguered, besieged

Examples

  • τοῦ δ’ αὐλῶνοσ τοῦ περὶ τὸν Αἴσηπον ἐν ἀριστερᾷ τῆσ ῥύσεωσ αὐτοῦ πρῶτον ἔστι Πολίχνα τειχῆρεσ χωρίον, εἶθ’ ἡ Παλαίσκηψισ, εἶτ’ Ἀλαζόνιον. (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 1 73:1)

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

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