Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χρυσόκομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρυσόκομος χρυσόκομον

Structure: χρυσοκομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = xrusoko/mhs, Anth.

Sense

  1. with golden plumage

Examples

  • ἀσπὶσ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Φυλλέοσ ἱερὸν ἅδε δῶρον Ἀπόλλωνι χρυσοκόμῳ δέδομαι, γηραλέα μὲν ἴτυν πολέμων ὕπο, γηραλέα δὲ ὀμφαλὸν ἀλλ’ ἀρετᾷ λάμπομαι, ἃν ἔκιχον ἀνδρὶ κορυσσαμένα σὺν ἀριστέι, ὃσ μ’ ἀνέθηκε. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2641)
  • τὰ μὲν αὐτοῦ χρυσόκομα τῶν πτερῶν τὰ δὲ ἐρυθρὰ ἐσ τὰ μάλιστα· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 73 3:3)

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

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