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.
- 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
-
food that is eaten
