Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τευχεσφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τευχεσφόρος τευχεσφόρον

Structure: τευχεσφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. wearing armour

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δ’ ἐπεμνασάμαν ἀμειλίχων πόνων, ὁ καιρὸσ δὲ δυσφιλὲσ γαμή‐ λευμ’ ἀπεύχετον δόμοισ γυναικοβούλουσ τε μήτιδασ φρενῶν ἐπ’ ἀνδρὶ τευχεσφόρῳ, ἐπ’ ἀνδρὶ δᾴοισ ἐπεικότωσ σέβαι. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, choral, strophe 31)

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

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