Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὠλεσίοικος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠλεσίοικος ὠλεσίοικον

Structure: ὠλεσιοικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. destroying the house

Examples

  • πέφρικα τὰν ὠλεσίοικον θεόν, οὐ θεοῖσ ὁμοίαν, παναλαθῆ κακόμαντιν πατρὸσ εὐκταίαν Ἐρινὺν τελέσαι τὰσ περιθύμουσ κατάρασ Οἰδιπόδα βλαψίφρονοσ· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, strophe 11)

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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