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

  • ἢ γάρ σε λιταὶ διακωλύσουσ’ ὀρφανὸν εἶναι παιδὸσ μελέασ, ἢ δεῖ σ’ ἐπιδεῖν τύμβου προπετῆ φοινισσομένην αἵματι παρθένον ἐκ χρυσοφόρου δειρῆσ νασμῷ μελαναυγεῖ. (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, anapests 2:4)

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

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