Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑστεροφθόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑστεροφθόρος ὑστεροφθόρον

Structure: ὑστεροφθορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fqei/rw

Sense

  1. late-destroying

Examples

  • τούτων σε λωβητῆρεσ ὑστεροφθόροι λοχῶσιν Αἵδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐρινύεσ, ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖσ τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖσ. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode 2:3)

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

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