Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χρυσοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρυσοφόρος χρυσοφόρον

Structure: χρυσοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. wearing gold, golden ornaments

Examples

  • ἐπιτελεῖται δὲ καὶ μέχρι νῦν ὁ ἀγὼν οὗτοσ, καὶ αἱ ἀγωνιζόμεναι γυναῖκεσ χρυσοφόροι ὀνομάζονται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 90 1:3)
  • χρυσοφόροι γὰρ ἦσαν οἱ Σαβῖνοι τότε καὶ Τυρρηνῶν οὐχ ἧττον ἁβροδίαιτοι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 38 4:2)
  • Ἀγάθυρσοι δὲ ἁβρότατοι ἀνδρῶν εἰσι καὶ χρυσοφόροι τὰ μάλιστα, ἐπίκοινον δὲ τῶν γυναικῶν τὴν μῖξιν ποιεῦνται, ἵνα κασίγνητοι τε ἀλλήλων ἐώσι καὶ οἰκήιοι ἐόντεσ πάντεσ μήτε φθόνῳ μήτε ἔχθεϊ χρέωνται ἐσ ἀλλήλουσ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 104 1:1)

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

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