Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀμυστί

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμυστί

Etym.: mu/w

Sense

  1. without closing the mouth, at one draught

Examples

  • ἐπίνομεν δὲ ἀμυστὶ καὶ ἤδη ἀκροθώρακεσ ἦμεν· (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 8:2)
  • ἀλλ’ οὔτι γε πρὸσ ἐμὲ οὕτω ποιεῖν ἐχρῆν, ὃσ ἀκριβῶσ πολὺ πλέον ἐπιθυμοῦντά σε εἰπεῖν οἶδα ἢ ἐμὲ ἀκοῦσαι, καί μοι δοκεῖσ, εἰ ἀπορήσειασ τῶν ἀκουσομένων, κἂν πρὸσ κίονά τινα ἢ πρὸσ ἀνδριάντα ἡδέωσ ἂν προσελθὼν ἐκχέαι πάντα συνείρων ἀμυστί. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 4:1)

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

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