βρῶσις
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
βρῶσις
βρώσεως
Structure:
βρωσι
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- the act of eating (food); eating a meal
- food that is eaten, or is to be eaten
Declension
Third 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.
- ἀλλ’ ὑπὸ τρυφῆσ καὶ κόρου τῶν ἀναγκαίων βρώσεισ ἀνεπιτηδείουσ καὶ οὐ καθαρὰσ σφαγαῖσ ζῴων μετερχόμενοσ πολὺ τῶν ἀγριωτάτων θηρίων ὠμότερον. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 8 6:1)
- καὶ πρὸσ βρώσεισ ὁρμᾷ παντοδαπάσ, παρανομοῦν καὶ χρώμενον ἑαυτοῦ ταῖσ ἐπιθυμίαισ οἱο͂ν λελυμέναισ, ἃσ μεθ’ ἡμέραν ὁ νόμοσ αἰσχύνῃ καὶ φόβῳ καθείργνυσιν. (Plutarch, Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus, chapter, section 12 3:2)
- τέλοσ δὲ καὶ νόσου τῷ λιμῷ συνεπιτιθεμένησ, ὥσπερ εἰώθεν, ἐπὶ βρώσεισ ἀναγκαίασ τρεπομένων, τοὺσ πάντασ οὐκ ἐλάσσονασ ὀκτακισχιλίων ἀποβαλὼν ἀνῆγεν ὀπίσω τοὺσ λοιπούσ· (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 47 1:1)
- εἰπόντοσ δὲ ταῦτα τὸν πρῶτον λαχόντα ἔφη εὐθὺσ ἐπιόντα τὴν μεγίστην τυραννίδα ἑλέσθαι, καὶ ὑπὸ ἀφροσύνησ τε καὶ λαιμαργίασ οὐ πάντα ἱκανῶσ ἀνασκεψάμενον ἑλέσθαι, ἀλλ’ αὐτὸν λαθεῖν ἐνοῦσαν εἱμαρμένην παίδων αὑτοῦ βρώσεισ καὶ ἄλλα κακά· (Plato, Republic, book 10 465:1)
Synonyms
-
food that is eaten
