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

  • ἦν τισ ἂν ἢ βακέλασ χρυσοφόροσ, ῥήσσων καλὰ τύμπανα· (Plutarch, De exilio, section 2 6:1)
  • ποῦ δ’ ὀφρύεσ, καὶ γαῦρα φρονήματα, καὶ μέγασ αὐχὴν, καὶ σοβαρῶν ταρσῶν χρυσοφόροσ σπατάλη; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 272)
  • Σάρδιεσ ἀρχαῖαι, πατέρων νομόσ, εἰ μὲν ἐν ὑμῖν ἐτρεφόμαν, κερνᾶσ ἦν τισ ἂν ἢ βακέλασ χρυσοφόροσ, ῥήσσων καλὰ τύμπανα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 7091)

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

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