Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τροχήλατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τροχήλατος τροχήλατον

Structure: τροχηλατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)lau/nw

Sense

  1. driven on wheels, wheel-drawn
  2. dragged by or at the wheels
  3. hurried along like a wheel or chariot, whirling

Examples

  • ἄγγελλε δ’ ὁρ́κον προστιθεὶσ ὁθούνεκα τέθνηκ’ Ὀρέστησ ἐξ ἀναγκαίασ τύχησ, ἄθλοισι Πυθικοῖσιν ἐκ τροχηλάτων δίφρων κυλισθείσ· (Sophocles, episode 2:10)

Synonyms

  1. driven on wheels

  2. dragged by or at the wheels

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

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