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βαλανηφάγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βαλανηφάγος βαλανηφάγη βαλανηφάγον

Structure: βαλανηφαγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fagei=n

Sense

  1. acorn-eating

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τοῦτον γὰρ ὁ νόμοσ τῷ πολίτην ὑπερασπίσαντι τὸν στέφανον ἀποδέδωκεν, εἴτε δὴ μάλιστα τιμήσασ δι’ Ἀρκάδασ τὴν δρῦν βαλανηφάγουσ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ χρησμῷ προσαγορευθέντασ, εἴτε ὡσ ταχὺ καὶ πανταχοῦ δρυὸσ οὖσαν εὐπορίαν στρατευομένοισ, εἴτε Διὸσ Πολιέωσ ἱερὸν ὄντα τὸν τῆσ δρυὸσ στέφανον οἰόμενοσ ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ πολίτου δίδοσθαι πρεπόντωσ. (Plutarch, Lives, chapter 3 3:1)

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