Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀφύη

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Principal Part: ἀφύη

Etym.: in gen. pl. a)fu/wn (not a)fuw=n)

Sense

  1. anchovy or sardine

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ ἀφύη βαρεῖά ἐστι καὶ δύσπεπτοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 53 1:1)
  • ἀφυὲσ γάρ καὶ μικρόν, ὥσπερ καὶ ἡ ἀφύη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 2 2:7)
  • ἡ δὲ Φαληρικὴ ἦλθ’ ἀφύη, Τρίτωνοσ ἑταίρη, ἄντα παρειάων σχομένη ῥυπαρὰ κρήδεμνα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 12 6:4)
  • Ἀριστώνυμοσ Ἡλίῳ ῥιγῶντι, ὥστ’ οὔτ’ ἀφύη νῦν ἔστ’ ἔθ’ ἁπλῶσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 22 1:3)
  • ἑτέρα δ’ ἐστὶν ἀφύη ἡ κωβῖτισ λεγομένη· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 22 1:6)
  • "τῷ καιρῷ, Σήστιε μέλλεισ γὰρ αὔριον ἰδιώτησ εἶναι" Πόπλιον δὲ Κώνσταν νομικὸν εἶναι βουλόμενον, ὄντα δ’ ἀμαθῆ καί ἀφυῆ, πρόσ τινα δίκην ἐκάλεσε μάρτυρα· (Plutarch, Cicero, chapter 26 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. anchovy or sardine

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

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