- Greek-English Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑλοφορβός?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: hylophorbos

Principal Part: ὑλοφορβός ὑλοφορβόν

Structure: ὑλοφορβ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. feeding in the woods

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ τὸν ἐσρέοντα διὰ Συμπληγάδων βοῦς ὑλοφορβοὺς πόντον εἰσεβάλλομεν, ἦν τις διαρρὼξ κυμάτων πολλῷ σάλῳ κοιλωπὸς ἀγμός, πορφυρευτικαὶ στέγαι. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. feeding in the woods

Similar forms

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION