Meanings
plural criophores
- A statue or other representation of a person carrying a ram.
The slender proportions of our criophore and his quite elegant bearing show an even better understanding of the classical mode.
1972, Kurt Weitzmann, Ivories and Steatites, page 11Synonyms: criophoros, kriophoros
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA statue or other representation of a person carrying a ram.
Origin
- Ancient Greekκριόφόρος“carrying a ram”
- Englishcriophore
From French, from Ancient Greek κριόφόρος (krióphóros, “carrying a ram”), from κριός (kriós, “ram”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “carrying”).
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