Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑλοφάγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑλοφάγος ὑλοφάγον

Structure: ὑλοφαγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fagei=n

Sense

  1. feeding in the woods

Examples

  • ἑπόμενοι δὲ τούτοισ εἰσὶν οἵ τε Ὑλοφάγοι καὶ οἱ Σπερματοφάγοι καλούμενοι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 24 1:1)
  • οἱ δὲ Ὑλοφάγοι μετὰ τέκνων καὶ γυναικῶν ἐπὶ τὰσ νομὰσ ἐξιόντεσ ἀναβαίνουσιν ἐπὶ τὰ δένδρα καὶ τοὺσ ἁπαλοὺσ τῶν ἀκρεμόνων προσφέρονται. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 24 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. feeding in the woods

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

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