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χρυσόγονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρυσόγονος χρυσόγονον

Structure: χρυσογον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gi/gnomai

Sense

  1. born or begotten of gold

Examples

  • εὑρὼν δὲ τοὺσ περὶ τὸν Χρυσόγονον καὶ Πετραῖον ἑτοίμουσ ἐν Θετταλίᾳ πρὸσ τὸ διακινδυνεύειν, εἰσ μὲν τὸ πεδίον οὐκ ἐθάρρει καταβαίνειν, ἐν δὲ ταῖσ παρωρείαισ προσανέχων διῆγε. (Polybius, Histories, book 5, chapter 17 6:1)
  • ἀσφαλισάμενοσ δὲ ταύτην Χρυσόγονον μὲν ἐξαπέστειλε κατὰ σπουδὴν ἐπισυνάξοντα τοὺσ ἄνω Μακεδόνασ, αὐτὸσ δὲ παραλαβὼν τοὺσ ἐκ τῆσ Βοττίασ καὶ τῆσ Ἀμφαξίτιδοσ ἧκεν ἔχων εἰσ Ἔδεσσαν. (Polybius, Histories, book 5, chapter 97 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. born or begotten of gold

Related

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

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