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ἀμύλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμύλος ἀμύλου

Structure: ἀμυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. cake of fine meal

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πρῶτα μὲν ἐμοὶ γὰρ κουροτρόφῳ προθύεται πλακοῦσ ἐνόρχησ, ἄμυλοσ ἐγκύμων, κίχλαι ἑκκαίδεχ’ ὁλόκληροι μέλιτι διαμεμιγμέναι, λαγῷα δώδεκ’ ἐπισέληνα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 58 1:1)
  • τῷ δ’ ὄνομ’ ἦσ ἄμυλοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 50 3:1)
  • τυρακίνασ τε γάλακτι καὶ μέλι συγκατάφυρτοσ ἦσ ἄμυλοσ πλαθανίτασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 50 4:2)
  • ἢν δὲ ἕλκεα ἐσχάρων ἐώσι, διακλύσματα τάδε καὶ ἀνακογχυλισμοὶ, ὑσσώπου ἀφεψήματι ἐν μελικρήτῳ, ἢ σύκων τῶν πιόνων ἐν ὕδατι καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖσδε ἄμυλοσ διεθεὶσ ἐν μελικρή τῳ, ἢ πτισάνησ χυλῷ, ἢ τράγου. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 310)
  • ἄριστον ἐσ λείωσιν ἀρτηρίησ καὶ ἄμυλοσ ξὺν τοῖσι δευθείσ · ξὺν γὰρ τῷ λείῳ καὶ τὸ παγερὸν ἴσχει. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 86)

Synonyms

  1. cake of fine meal

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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