Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκέστρια

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκέστρια

Etym.: a)ke/omai

Sense

  1. a sempstress

Examples

  • τὰ δὲ παρὰ τοῖσ κωμῳδιοποιοῖσ λεγόμενα δεῖπνα ἡδίστην ἀκοὴν παρέχει τοῖσ ὠσὶ μᾶλλον ἢ τῇ φάρυγγι, ὥσπερ τὰ παρὰ Ἀντιφάνει μὲν ἐν Ἀκεστρίᾳ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 66 1:2)
  • μνημονεύει δ’ αὐτῆσ Ἀντιφάνησ ἐν Ἀρκάδι καὶ ἐν Κηπουρῷ, ἐν Ἀκεστρίᾳ, ἐν Ἁλιευομένῃ, ἐν Νεοττίδι, καὶ Ἄλεξισ ἐν Κλεοβουλίνῃ καὶ Καλλικράτησ ἐν Μοσχίωνι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 50 1:2)
  • τούτων τῶν ἰαμβείων ἔνια ἔστιν εὑρεῖν καὶ ἐν Ἀκεστρίᾳ καὶ ἐν Ἀγροίκῳ ἢ Βουταλίωνι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 67 4:19)

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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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