Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄμυστις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄμυστις

Etym.: a)musti/

Sense

  1. a long draught
  2. deep drinking, tippling
  3. a large cup

Examples

  • ἐμβάλλουσι δὲ ἐσ αὐτὸν Κομμινάσησ τε μέγασ ποταμὸσ καὶ Κάκουθισ καὶ Ἀνδώματισ ἐξ ἔθνεοσ Ἰνδικοῦ τοῦ Μαδυανδινῶν ῥέων, καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοισιν Ἄμυστισ παρὰ πόλιν Καταδούπην, καὶ Ὀξύμαγισ ἐν τοῖσι Παζάλῃσι καλεομένοισι. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 4 4:2)
  • ἄμυστισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 25 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. a long draught

  2. a large cup

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

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