Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄσταχυς

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄσταχυς

Etym.: a euphon. , staxu/s

Sense

  1. an ear of corn

Examples

  • ὅτι τὸ ἄνηστισ ἡ νῆστισ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ᾱ, ὡσ στάχυσ ἄσταχυσ, παρὰ Κρατίνῳ κεῖται οὐ γάρ τοι σύ γε πρῶτοσ ἄκλητοσ φοιτᾷσ ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ἄνηστισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 272)

Synonyms

  1. an ear of corn

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

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