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σῐδηρο-φορέω

siderophoreo

bear iron, go armed, wear iron rings

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Where it lives

Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
History 2 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

σῐδηρο-φορέω · sidēro-phoreō — LSJ

bear iron, go armed

bear iron, i.e. go armed, Th. 1.6: c. acc. cogn., σ. πελέκεις D.S. 5.39:—in Med., Th. 1.5, Arist. Pol. 1268b40.

2 wear iron rings

wear iron rings, App. Pun. 104.

II go with an armed escort

go with an armed escort, Plu. Cic. 31 (Med.).

In the wild

ἐσιδηροφοροῦντό · esidērophorounto Aristotle, Politics 1268b (DIORISIS sentence 635)
σιδηροφορεῖσθαι · sidērophoreisthai Thucydides, History 1.5.3 (DIORISIS sentence 25)
ἐσιδηροφόρει · esidērophorei Thucydides, History 1.6.1 (DIORISIS sentence 26)

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