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ἄδειπνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄδειπνος ἄδειπνη ἄδειπνον

Structure: ἀδειπν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dei=pnon

Sense

  1. supperless

Examples

  • Γυναῖκα ἢν θέλῃσ εἰδέναι εἰ κύει, ἐπὴν καθεύδειν μέλλῃ, ἀδείπνῳ ἐούσῃ, μελίκρητον διδόναι πιεῖν‧ κἢν μὲν στρόφοσ αὐτὴν ἔχῃ περὶ τὴν γαστέρα, κύει‧ ἢν δὲ μὴ, οὐ κύει. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., AFORISMOI., 72.41)

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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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