Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄκμηνος

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄκμηνος

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. fasting, fasting from food

Examples

  • θάμνοσ ἔφυ τανύφυλλοσ ἐλαίησ ἑρ́κεοσ ἐντόσ, ἀκμηνὸσ θαλέθων· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 23 24:6)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἀνὴρ πρόπαν ἦμαρ ἐσ ἠέλιον καταδύντα ἄκμηνοσ σίτοιο δυνήσεται ἄντα μάχεσθαι· (Homer, Iliad, Book 19 12:5)
  • οἳ δὲ δὴ ἄλλοι οἴχονται μετὰ δεῖπνον, ὃ δ’ ἄκμηνοσ καὶ ἄπαστοσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 19 27:6)

Synonyms

  1. fasting

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

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