Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὠμόδροπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠμόδροπος ὠμόδροπον

Structure: ὠμοδροπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dre/pw

Sense

  1. plucked unripe, of plucking the fresh fruit

Examples

  • κλαυτὸν δ’ ἀρτιτρόποισ ὠμοδρόποισ νομίμων προπάροιθεν διαμεῖψαι δωμάτων στυγερὰν ὁδόν· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 21)

Synonyms

  1. plucked unripe

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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