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βρῶσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: βρῶσις βρώσεως

Structure: βρωσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: bibrw/skw

Sense

  1. the act of eating (food); eating a meal
  2. 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.

Examples

  • Οὐκοῦν εἰ μήτε διὰ δόξαν μήτε διὰ χρήματα μήτε δἰ ἡδονὰσ βρώσεων ἢ πόσεων ἢ μίξεων αὑτὸν ἢ ἄλλον οἰέται μακάριον μηδὲ ὅλωσ εἶναί τι τῶν τοιούτων περιμάχητον ἢ τίμιον, οὐκ ἂν διαφέροιτο περὶ αὐτῶν οὐδ̓ ἂν φθονήσειεν οὐδενὶ ἐκείνων, οὐ μᾶλλον ἢ τῆσ ψάμμου τῆσ ἐπὶ τοῖσ αἰγιαλοῖσ ἢ τῶν κυμάτων τοῦ ψόφου τε καὶ ἤχου τοῖσ πρὸσ τῇ θαλάττῃ οἰκοῦσιν· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, speech 60 53:3)

Synonyms

  1. food that is eaten

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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