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

  • ἢν δὲ φλέγμα κολλῶδεσ ἐῄ καὶ γλίσχρον, ἐσ τὰ ὠὰ ἔλαιον ἔγχέειν καὶ Ῥητίνησ τῆσ ξηρῆσ τῆσ ἀπὸ πίτυοσ ἐμπάσσειν, ὅκωσ τὸ θεῖον κρέσσον ἐῄ, καὶ τῆσ ἀπὸ τερμίνθου δὲ τήξαντα · καὶ πέπερι ὀνηϊστὸν καὶ ἐν ὠοῖσ καὶ ἐν πτισάνῃ καὶ ἅπασι τοῖσι ἐδέσμασι καὶ ὁκόσα πεπέρεϊ ξυνῳδά· κρεῶν ἀκρόποδεσ ἐν χυλοῖσι τακεροὶ, πέλειαι , ἀλεκτορίδεσ ἑφθαί· συῶν ἐγκέφαλοι, ὀπτοὶ μὲν σὺν τῷ ἐπιπλόῳ· ἄνευ δὲ τουτέου ἄκνισοι. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 374)

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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