Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ζαχρεῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζαχρεῖος ζαχρεῖον

Structure: ζαχρει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xrei/a

Sense

  1. wanting much, one who wants to know

Examples

  • τὸν γάρ φασι μέγιστον ἐπουρανίων κεχολῶσθαι, εἴ κεν ὁδοῦ ζαχρεῖον ἀνήνηταί τισ ὁδίτην. (Theocritus, Idylls, 3)

Synonyms

  1. wanting much

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

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