Ask at the forum if you have an Ancient or Modern Greek query!

καρποφθόρος

From LSJ
Revision as of 07:22, 29 September 2017 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (19)

Καὶ μὴν ὑπεραποθνῄσκειν γε μόνοι ἐθέλουσιν οἱ ἐρῶντες, οὐ μόνον ὅτι ἄνδρες, ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες. → After all, it is only those in love who are actually willing to die for another — not just men, but women as well. (Plato, Symposium 179b)

Source
Click links below for lookup in third sources:
Full diacritics: καρποφθόρος Medium diacritics: καρποφθόρος Low diacritics: καρποφθόρος Capitals: ΚΑΡΠΟΦΘΟΡΟΣ
Transliteration A: karpophthóros Transliteration B: karpophthoros Transliteration C: karpofthoros Beta Code: karpofqo/ros

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A spoiling fruit, δένδρων AP9.256 (Antiphan.), cf. Orph.Fr.285.55.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1329] Frucht verderbend, κάμπη Antiphil. 8 (IX, 256).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

καρποφθόρος: -ον, ὁ φθείρων βλάπτων τοὺς καρπούς, Ἀνθ. Π. 9. 256.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
qui détruit les fruits, les biens de la terre.
Étymologie: καρπός, φθείρω.

Greek Monolingual

-ο (Α καρποφθόρος, -ον)
αυτός που καταστρέφει τους καρπούς.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < καρπός + -φθόρος (< φθείρω), πρβλ. λαο-φθόρος, ψυχο-φθόρος.