Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τρυχηρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρυχηρός τρυχηρή τρυχηρόν

Structure: τρυχηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tru=xos

Sense

  1. ragged, tattered

Examples

  • ἃ δ’ ἐστὶ γήρᾳ τῷδ’ ἀσυμφορώτατα, τούτοισ με προσθήσουσιν, ἢ θυρῶν λάτριν κλῇδασ φυλάσσειν, τὴν τεκοῦσαν Ἕκτορα, ἢ σιτοποιεῖν, κἀν πέδῳ κοίτασ ἔχειν ῥυσοῖσι νώτοισ, βασιλικῶν ἐκ δεμνίων, τρυχηρὰ περὶ τρυχηρὸν εἱμένην χρόα πέπλων λακίσματ’, ἀδόκιμ’ ὀλβίοισ ἔχειν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic19)

Synonyms

  1. ragged

Related

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

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