Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑστερόφωνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑστερόφωνος ὑστερόφωνον

Structure: ὑστεροφων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. sounding after, echoing

Examples

  • εἰσ ἄγαλμα Ἠχοῦσ Ποιμενίαν ἄγλωσσοσ ἀν’ ὀργάδα μέλπεται Ἀχὼ ἀντίθρουν πτανοῖσ ὑστερόφωνον ὄπα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1531)

Synonyms

  1. sounding after

Similar forms

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

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