Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τριξός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τριξός τριξή τριξόν

Structure: τριξ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ionic for trisso/s.

Sense

Examples

  • καί σφι τριξὰ ἐξευρήματα ἐγένετο, τοῖσι οἱ Ἕλληνεσ ἐχρήσαντο· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 171 5:1)
  • ἄγειν δέ μιν δι’ ὀχετῶν τριῶν ἐσ τριξὰ χωρία. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 9 5:2)
  • μυῶν δὲ γένεα τριξὰ αὐτόθι ἔστι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 192 3:1)

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

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