Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τεσσαράβοιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τεσσαράβοιος τεσσαράβοιον

Structure: τεσσαραβοι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: bou=s

Sense

  1. worth four steers

Examples

  • ἀνδρὶ δὲ νικηθέντι γυναῖκ’ ἐσ μέσσον ἔθηκε, πολλὰ δ’ ἐπίστατο ἔργα, τίον δέ ἑ τεσσαράβοιον. (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 65:2)

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

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