Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χαλκόστομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαλκόστομος χαλκόστομον

Structure: χαλκοστομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sto/ma

Sense

  1. with brasen mouth
  2. with edge or point of brass

Examples

  • ἑτέρων δ’ ἐμβόλουσ χαλκοστόμουσ, τοὺσ μὲν περὶ τοὺσ λιμένασ, τοὺσ δὲ ἐν τοῖσ ἄνω τόποισ τῆσ πόλεωσ μεμερισμένουσ σὺν πολλοῖσ καὶ λαμπροῖσ τοῖσ λαφύροισ, τοὺσ μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ Τυρρηνῶν λῃστικοῦ, τοὺσ δ’ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων τῶν σὺν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ, τοὺσ δ’ εἴ ποθεν αὐτῶν ἕκαστοσ εἰσῆκτο εἰσ τὴν πόλιν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 1:10)

Synonyms

  1. with edge or point of brass

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

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