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ἄμυστις?

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration: amystis

Principal Part: ἄμυστις

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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