Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

βρῖθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βρῖθος βρῖθη βρῖθον

Structure: βριθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: briqu/s

Sense

  1. weight

Examples

  • ταρσοὶ μὲν τυρῶν βρῖθον, στείνοντο δὲ σηκοὶ ἀρνῶν ἠδ’ ἐρίφων· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 17:3)

Synonyms

  1. weight

Related

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

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