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

  • οἳ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ οὔτε βίασ Τρώων ὑπεδείδισαν οὔτε ἰωκάσ, ἀλλ’ ἔμενον νεφέλῃσιν ἐοικότεσ ἅσ τε Κρονίων νηνεμίησ ἔστησεν ἐπ’ ἀκροπόλοισιν ὄρεσσιν ἀτρέμασ, ὄφρ’ εὕδῃσι μένοσ Βορέαο καὶ ἄλλων ζαχρειῶν ἀνέμων, οἵ τε νέφεα σκιόεντα πνοιῇσιν λιγυρῇσι διασκιδνᾶσιν ἀέντεσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 54:2)

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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