Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀμπέλινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμπέλινος

Structure: ἀμπελιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/mpelos

Sense

  1. of the vine
  2. given to wine

Examples

  • "οἱ δὲ παλαιοὶ καὶ τρύγα τὸν οἶνον ἄντικρυσ ἐκάλουν, ὥσπερ ψυχὴν καὶ κεφαλὴν τὸν ἄνθρωπον εἰώθαμεν ἀπὸ τῶν κυριωτάτων ὑποκορίζεσθαι, καὶ τρυγᾶν λέγομεν τοὺσ δρεπομένουσ τὴν ἀμπελίνην ὀπώραν, καὶ διατρύγιόν που Ὅμηροσ εἴρηκεν, αὐτὸν δὲ τὸν οἶνον αἴθοπα καί ἐρυθρὸν εἰώθε · (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 6, 4:9)
  • ἔχων γὰρ πρόχειρον ἀμπελίνην βακτηρίαν περιέγραφε τῷ κλήματι τὸν Ἀντίοχον ἐν τούτῳ τε τῷ γύρῳ τὴν ἀπόφασιν ἐκέλευσε δοῦναι περὶ τῶν γεγραμμένων· (Polybius, Histories, book 29, chapter 27 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. of the vine

  2. given to wine

Related

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

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