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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

  • "ἐπόμπευσαν δὲ καὶ Δελφικοὶ τρίποδεσ χρυσοῖ ἐννέα ἐκ πηχῶν τεσσάρων, ἄλλοι ὀκτὼ πηχῶν ἕξ, ἄλλοσ πηχῶν τριάκοντα, ἐφ’ οὗ ἦν ζῷα χρυσᾶ πενταπήχη καὶ στέφανοσ κύκλῳ χρυσοῦσ ἀμπέλινοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 31 3:8)
  • οὔτε τι γὰρ τῶν οἰκηίων τρίβουσι οὔτε δαπανῶνται, ἀλλὰ καὶ σιτία σφι ἐστὶ ἱρὰ πεσσόμενα, καὶ κρεῶν βοέων καὶ χηνέων πλῆθόσ τι ἑκάστῳ γίνεται πολλὸν ἡμέρησ ἑκάστησ, δίδοται δέ σφι καὶ οἶνοσ ἀμπέλινοσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 37 5:2)
  • ἐπεὰν δὲ ἀπίκωνται ἐσ τὴν Βούβαστιν, ὁρτάζουσι μεγάλασ ἀνάγοντεσ θυσίασ, καὶ οἶνοσ ἀμπέλινοσ ἀναισιμοῦται πλέων ἐν τῇ ὁρτῇ ταύτῃ ἢ ἐν τῷ ἅπαντι ἐνιαυτῷ τῷ ἐπιλοίπῳ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 60 4:1)

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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