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ἀμύλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμύλος ἀμύλος ἄμυλον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + μυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mu/lh

Sense

  1. Not ground at the mill: finely-ground (of meal)

Declension

First/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

  • "σχελίδεσ δ’ ὁλόκνημοι πλησίον τακερώταται ἐπὶ πινακίσκοισ καὶ δίεφθ’ ἀκροκώλια ἥδιστον ἀπατμίζοντα καὶ χόλικεσ βοὸσ καὶ πλευρὰ δελφάκει’ ἐπεξανθισμένα χναυρότατα παρέκειτ’ ἐπ’ ἀμύλοισ καθήμενα, παρῆν δὲ χόνδροσ γἀλακι κατανενιμμένοσ ἐν καταχύτλοισ λεκάναισι καὶ πύου τόμοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:147)

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