Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄκνισος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄκνισος ἄκνιση ἄκνισον

Structure: ἀκνις (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kni=sa

Sense

  1. without the fat of sacrifices

Examples

  • τράγημα πᾶν κεφαλαλγὲσ , πλὴν φοίνικοσ, ἢ τῶν ὡραίων σύκων, ἢ σταφυλῆσ, ἢν ἄφυσοσ ὥνθρωποσ ἐῄ· ἠδὲ πεμμάτων εὔπεπτα, καὶ ἄκνισα, καὶ κοῦφα. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 110)

Synonyms

  1. without the fat of sacrifices

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

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