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

  • εἶτα, ὡσ ἤδη αὐο͂σ ἦν, ἀπολιποῦσα αὐτὸν ἄλλον τινὰ Κρῆτα νεανίσκον τῶν ὑποχρύσων ἐθήρα καὶ μετέβαινεν ἐπ’ ἐκεῖνον καὶ ἤρα ἤδη αὐτοῦ, κἀκεῖνοσ ἐπίστευεν. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 16:1)

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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