Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄψινθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄψινθος ἄψινθη ἄψινθον

Structure: ἀψινθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Deriv. unknown, NTest.

Sense

  1. wormwood

Examples

  • καὶ ἐγένετο τὸ τρίτον τῶν ὑδάτων εἰσ ἄψινθον, καὶ πολλοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀπέθανον ἐκ τῶν ὑδάτων, ὅτι ἐπικράνθησαν. (APOKALUYIS IWANOU, chapter 7 33:2)

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

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