Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

λιτόβιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιτόβιος λιτόβιον

Structure: λιτοβι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: li_to/s

Sense

  1. living plainly or sparingly

Examples

  • λέγει δὲ καὶ περὶ τῆσ Μουσικανοῦ χώρασ ἐπὶ πλέον ἐγκωμιάζων αὐτήν, ὧν τινα κοινὰ καὶ ἄλλοισ Ἰνδοῖσ ἱστόρηται, ὡσ τὸ μακρόβιον ὥστε καὶ τριάκοντα ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἑκατὸν προσλαμβάνειν καὶ γὰρ τοὺσ Σῆρασ ἔτι τούτων μακροβιωτέρουσ τινέσ φασι καὶ τὸ λιτόβιον καὶ τὸ ὑγιεινόν, καίπερ τῆσ χώρασ ἀφθονίαν ἁπάντων ἐχούσησ. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 68:2)

Similar forms

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

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