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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative βρῶσις βρώσει βρώσεις
Genitive βρώσεως βρώσοιν βρώσεων
Dative βρώσει βρώσοιν βρώσεσιν*
Accusative βρῶσιν βρώσει βρώσεις
Vocative βρῶσι βρώσει βρώσεις

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

  • καὶ ἀνέστη καὶ ἔφαγε καὶ ἔπιε. καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐν ἰσχύϊ τῆσ βρώσεωσ ἐκείνησ τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρασ καὶ τεσσαράκοντα νύκτασ ἕωσ ὄρουσ Χωρήβ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 19:8)
  • ἔδωκασ ἡμᾶσ ὡσ πρόβατα βρώσεωσ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ἔθνεσι διέσπειρασ ἡμᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 43:12)
  • οὐκ ἐστερήθησαν ἀπὸ τῆσ ἐπιθυμίασ αὐτῶν. ἔτι τῆσ βρώσεωσ οὔσησ ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 77:30)
  • διότι συκῆ οὐ καρποφορήσει, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται γενήματα ἐν ταῖσ ἀμπέλοισ. ψεύσεται ἔργον ἐλαίασ, καὶ τὰ πεδία οὐ ποιήσει βρῶσιν. ἐξέλιπον ἀπὸ βρώσεωσ πρόβατα, καὶ οὐχ ὑπάρχουσι βόεσ ἐπὶ φάτναισ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Habacuc 3:17)
  • ἐνταῦθα τὰσ ψυχάσ, ὅτι φόνων καὶ βρώσεωσ σαρκῶν καὶ ἀλληλοφαγίασ δίκην τίνουσαι σώμασι θνητοῖσ ἐνδέδενται. (Plutarch, De esu carnium I, chapter, section 7 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. food that is eaten

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