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ἄρνειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄρνειος

Structure: ἀρνει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)rno/s

Sense

  1. of a lamb or sheep, sheep

Examples

  • καὶ δῆθ’ ὑπάρχει τέμαχοσ ἐγχέλειον ὑμῖν, τευθίσ, ἄρνειον κρέασ, φύσκησ τόμοσ, ποὺσ ἑφθόσ, ἧπαρ, πλευρόν, ὀρνίθεια πλήθει πολλά, τυρὸσ ἐν μέλιτι, μερὶσ κρεῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 49 3:4)
  • τῷ δ’ ἔνι θῆλυν ἀρνειὸν σφάζειν, καὶ ἀδαίετον ὠμοθετῆσαι, αὐτῷ πυρκαϊὴν εὖ νηήσασ ἐπὶ βόθρῳ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 17:14)
  • ἄγεν δ’ ὁ μὲν ἔκκριτον ἄλλων ἀρνειὸν μήλων, ὁ δ’ ἀεργηλὴν ἔτι πόρϝιν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 19:10)
  • ἀρνειὸν δ’ ἐμοὶ οἰῴ ἐυκνήμιδεσ ἑταῖροι μήλων δαιομένων δόσαν ἔξοχα· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 59:3)
  • αὐτὰρ ἐπὴν εὐχῇσι λίσῃ κλυτὰ ἔθνεα νεκρῶν, ἔνθ’ ὀίν ἀρνειὸν ῥέζειν θῆλύν τε μέλαιναν εἰσ Ἔρεβοσ στρέψασ, αὐτὸσ δ’ ἀπονόσφι τραπέσθαι ἱέμενοσ ποταμοῖο ῥοάων· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 10 66:9)

Synonyms

  1. of a lamb or sheep

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

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