Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπόχρυσος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόχρυσος ὑπόχρυσον

Structure: ὑποχρυς (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. containing a mixture or proportion of gold

Examples

  • γυναικὶ ἐλευθέρᾳ μὴ πλείω ἀκολουθεῖν μιᾶσ θεραπαινίδοσ, ἐὰν μὴ μεθύῃ, μηδὲ ἐξιέναι νυκτὸσ ἐκ τῆσ πόλεωσ εἰ μὴ μοιχευομένην, μηδὲ περιτίθεσθαι χρυσία μηδὲ ἐσθῆτα παρυφασμένην, ἐὰν μὴ ἑταίρα ᾖ, μηδὲ τὸν ἄνδρα φορεῖν δακτύλιον ὑπόχρυσον μηδὲ ἱμάτιον ἰσομιλήσιον, ἐὰν μὴ ἑταιρεύηται ἢ μοιχεύηται. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xii, chapter 21 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. containing a mixture or proportion of gold

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

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