Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χρυσήλατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρυσήλατος χρυσήλατον

Structure: χρυσηλατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)lau/nw III

Sense

  1. of beaten gold, goldwrought

Examples

  • ἀποσπάσασ γὰρ εἱμάτων χρυσηλάτουσ περόνασ ἀπ’ αὐτῆσ, αἷσιν ἐξεστέλλετο, ἄρασ ἔπαισεν ἄρθρα τῶν αὑτοῦ κύκλων, αὐδῶν τοιαῦθ’, ὁθούνεκ’ οὐκ ὄψοιντό νιν οὔθ’ οἷ’ ἔπασχεν οὔθ’ ὁποῖ’ ἔδρα κακά, ἀλλ’ ἐν σκότῳ τὸ λοιπὸν οὓσ μὲν οὐκ ἔδει ὀψοίαθ’, οὓσ δ’ ἔχρῃζεν οὐ γνωσοίατο. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 1:17)

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

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