Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αὐτοδάξ

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Principal Part: αὐτοδάξ

Sense

  1. with the very teeth, ferocious

Examples

  • εἶτα Περικλέησ φοβηθεὶσ μὴ μετάσχοι τῆσ τύχησ, τὰσ φύσεισ ὑμῶν δεδοικὼσ καὶ τὸν αὐτοδὰξ τρόπον, πρὶν παθεῖν τι δεινὸν αὐτόσ, ἐξέφλεξε τὴν πόλιν. (Aristophanes, Peace, Choral, epirrheme3)
  • ἀλλὰ χἠμεῖσ ὦ γυναῖκεσ θᾶττον ἐκδυώμεθα, ὡσ ἂν ὄζωμεν γυναικῶν αὐτοδὰξ ὠργισμένων. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Choral, antistrophe 22)

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

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