Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Βακίς

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Principal Part: Βακίς

Sense

Examples

  • "φησὶν δὲ ὁ Βάκισ οὕτω, σφόδρα εὖ ἐπειπών, Ἀλλ’ ὁπόταν Κυνικὸσ πολυώνυμοσ ἐσ φλόγα πολλὴν πηδήσῃ δόξησ ὑπ’ ἐρινύι θυμὸν ὀρινθείσ, δὴ τότε τοὺσ ἄλλουσ κυναλώπεκασ, οἳ οἱ ἕπονται, μιμεῖσθαι χρὴ πότμον ἀποιχομένοιο λύκοιο. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:93)
  • "ἆρα φαυλότεροσ χρησμολόγοσ ὁ Βάκισ τῆσ Σιβύλλησ εἶναι; (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:96)
  • εἰ γὰρ μὴ νύμφαι γε θεαὶ Βάκιν ἐξαπάτασκον, μηδὲ Βάκισ θνητούσ, μηδ’ αὖ νύμφαι Βάκιν αὐτὸν ‐ ἐξώλησ ἀπόλοι’, εἰ μὴ παύσαιο βακίζων. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, dactyls6)
  • πολλῷ γ’ ὁ Βάκισ ἐχρῆτο τῷ ποτηρίῳ. (Aristotle, Prologue 3:44)
  • ᾐνίξαθ’ ὁ Βάκισ τοῦτο πρὸσ τὸν ἀέρα. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, iambics 1:2)

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

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