Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀμίς

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμίς

Sense

  1. a chamber-pot

Examples

  • καὶ Σαοὺλ ἔδωκε Μελχὸλ τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ τὴν γυναῖκα Δαυὶδ τῷ Φαλτὶ υἱῷ Ἀμὶσ τῷ ἐκ Ρομμά. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 25:44)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἀμίσ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode 1:12)
  • ἀμὶσ μέν, ἢν οὐρητιάσῃσ, αὑτηὶ παρά σοι κρεμήσετ’ ἐγγὺσ ἐπὶ τοῦ παττάλου. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode 1:5)
  • "οὐκ εἰσφέρεται δὲ οὐδὲ ἀμὶσ εἰσ τὸ πρυτανεῖον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 329)

Synonyms

  1. a chamber-pot

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

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