Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τοξόδαμνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τοξόδαμνος τοξόδαμνον

Structure: τοξοδαμν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dama/w

Sense

  1. subduing with the bow, of archers

Examples

  • Λητοῦσ Διόσ τε τοξόδαμνε παρθένε, ὡσ οἱ τραγῳδοί φασιν, οἷσ ἐξουσία ἐστὶν λέγειν ἅπαντα καὶ ποιεῖν μόνοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. subduing with the bow

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

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