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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

  • καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. ἰδοὺ δέδωκα ὑμῖν πάντα χόρτον σπόριμον σπεῖρον σπέρμα, ὅ ἐστιν ἐπάνω πάσησ τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ πᾶν ξύλον, ὃ ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ καρπὸν σπέρματοσ σπορίμου, ὑμῖν ἔσται εἰσ βρῶσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:29)
  • καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ θηρίοισ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ πετεινοῖσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ παντὶ ἑρπετῷ ἕρποντι ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ὃ ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ ψυχὴν ζωῆσ, καὶ πάντα χόρτον χλωρὸν εἰσ βρῶσιν. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:30)
  • καὶ ἐξανέτειλεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἔτι ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ πᾶν ξύλον ὡραῖον εἰσ ὅρασιν καὶ καλὸν εἰσ βρῶσιν καὶ τὸ ξύλον τῆσ ζωῆσ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ παραδείσου καὶ τὸ ξύλον τοῦ εἰδέναι γνωστὸν καλοῦ καὶ πονηροῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:9)
  • καὶ ἐνετείλατο Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ τῷ Ἀδὰμ λέγων. ἀπὸ παντὸσ ξύλου τοῦ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ βρώσει φαγῇ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:16)
  • καὶ εἶδεν ἡ γυνή, ὅτι καλὸν τὸ ξύλον εἰσ βρῶσιν καὶ ὅτι ἀρεστὸν τοῖσ ὀφθαλμοῖσ ἰδεῖν καὶ ὡραῖόν ἐστι τοῦ κατανοῆσαι, καὶ λαβοῦσα ἀπὸ τοῦ καρποῦ αὐτοῦ ἔφαγε. καὶ ἔδωκε καὶ τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆσ μετ̓ αὐτῆσ, καὶ ἔφαγον. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:6)
  • ἠγάπησε δὲ Ἰσαὰκ τὸν Ἡσαῦ, ὅτι ἡ θήρα αὐτοῦ βρῶσισ αὐτῷ. Ρεβέκκα δὲ ἠγάπα τὸν Ἰακώβ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 25:28)
  • καὶ δώσω αὐτοὺσ τοῖσ ἐχθροῖσ αὐτῶν καὶ ἔσται τὰ θνησιμαῖα αὐτῶν βρῶσισ τοῖσ πετεινοῖσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τοῖσ θηρίοισ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 41:20)
  • ἦμοσ δὲ χλοερῷ κυανόπτεροσ ἠχέτα τέττιξ ὄζῳ ἐφεζόμενοσ θέροσ ἀνθρώποισιν ἀείδειν ἄρχεται, ᾧ τε πόσισ καὶ βρῶσισ θῆλυσ ἐέρση, καί τε πανημέριόσ τε καὶ ἠώιοσ χέει αὐδὴν ἴδει ἐν αἰνοτάτῳ, ὅτε τε χρόα Σείριοσ ἄζει, τῆμοσ δὴ κέγχροισι πέρι γλῶχεσ τελέθουσι τούσ τε θέρει σπείρουσιν, ὅτ’ ὄμφακεσ αἰόλλονται, οἱᾶ Διώνυσοσ δῶκ’ ἀνδράσι χάρμα καὶ ἄχθοσ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 36:3)
  • περισπούδαστοσ δὲ ἦν πολλοῖσ ἡ τοῦ καράβου βρῶσισ, ὡσ ἔστι δεῖξαι διὰ πολλῶν τῆσ κωμῳδίασ μερῶν ἀρκέσει δὲ τὰ νῦν Ἀριστοφάνησ ἐν ταῖσ Θεσμοφοριαζούσαισ οὕτωσ λέγων ἰχθὺσ ἐωνηταί τισ ἢ σηπίδιον ἢ τῶν πλατειῶν καρίδων ἢ πουλύπουσ ἢ νῆστισ ὀπτᾶτ’ ἢ γαλεὸσ ἢ τευθίδεσ; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 64 2:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἐν πλησμοναῖσ Κύπρισ, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ἐν εὐδίᾳ σαρκὸσ καὶ γαλήνῃ καὶ Κύπρισ εἰσ ἡδονὴν τελευτᾷ καὶ βρῶσισ καὶ πόσισ· (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 8 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. food that is eaten

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