Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄδειπνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄδειπνος ἄδειπνη ἄδειπνον

Structure: ἀδειπν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dei=pnon

Sense

  1. supperless

Examples

  • ὅσ γ’ ἐμὲ τὸν τλήμονα Λήναια χορηγῶν ἀπέλυσ’ ἄδειπνον. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode, strophe2)
  • "καὶ τὸν ἑταῖρον ὑμῶν Σόλωνοσ δὲ ξένον Ἐπιμενίδην νόμοσ τισ ἀπέχεσθαι τῶν ἄλλων σιτίων κελεύει, τῆσ δ’ ἀλίμου δυνάμεωσ ἣν αὐτὸσ συντίθησι μικρὸν εἰσ τὸ στόμα λαμβάνοντα διημερεύειν ἀνάριστον καὶ ἄδειπνον; (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 14 4:1)

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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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