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χρυσωρύχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρυσωρύχος χρυσωρύχον

Structure: χρυσωρυχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)ru/ssw

Sense

  1. digging for gold

Examples

  • οἱᾶ τὰ τῶν χρυσωρύχων μυρμήκων καὶ ἄλλων θηρίων τε καὶ ἀνθρώπων ἰδιομόρφων καὶ δυνάμεσί τισιν ἐξηλλαγμένων, ὡσ τοὺσ Σῆρασ μακροβίουσ φασὶ πέρα καὶ διακοσίων ἐτῶν παρατείνοντασ. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 74:3)
  • τῶν δὲ μυρμήκων τῶν χρυσωρύχων δέρματα ἰδεῖν φησιν οὗτοσ παρδαλέαισ ὅμοια. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 88:1)
  • τῶν τε μυρμήκων τινὰσ καὶ πτερωτοὺσ λέγουσι τῶν χρυσωρύχων· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 138:3)

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

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