Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χλωρόκομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χλωρόκομος χλωρόκομον

Structure: χλωροκομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ko/mh

Sense

  1. green-leaved

Examples

  • ἥξει δὴ Σιμόεντα καὶ δίνασ ἀργυροειδεῖσ ἄγυρισ Ἑλλάνων στρατιᾶσ ἀνά τε ναυσὶν καὶ σὺν ὅπλοισ Ἴλιον ἐσ τὸ Τροίασ Φοιβήιον δάπεδον, τὰν Κασάνδραν ἵν’ ἀκούω ῥίπτειν ξανθοὺσ πλοκάμουσ χλωροκόμῳ στεφάνῳ δάφνασ κοσμηθεῖσαν, ὅταν θεοῦ μαντόσυνοι πνεύσωσ’ ἀνάγκαι. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, choral, strophe 11)

Synonyms

  1. green-leaved

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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