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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

  • αὐτὰρ ὅ γ’ εἰσ εὐρὺ σπέοσ ἤλασε πίονα μῆλα πάντα μάλ’ ὅσσ’ ἤμελγε, τὰ δ’ ἄρσενα λεῖπε θύρηφιν, ἀρνειούσ τε τράγουσ τε, βαθείησ ἔκτοθεν αὐλῆσ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 19:4)

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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