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ἐξημοιβός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξημοιβός ἐξημοιβόν

Structure: ἐξημοιβ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)camei/bw

Sense

  1. serving for change, changes of

Examples

  • αἰεὶ δ’ ἡμῖν δαίσ τε φίλη κίθαρίσ τε χοροί τε εἵματά τ’ ἐξημοιβὰ λόετρά τε θερμὰ καὶ εὐναί. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 14 3:3)
  • αἰεὶ δ’ ἡμῖν δαίσ τε φίλη κίθαρίσ τε χοροί τε εἵματά τ’ ἐξημοιβὰ λοετρά τε θερμὰ καὶ εὐναί. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 7 2:1)
  • εἵματά τ’ ἐξημοιβὰ λοετρά τε θερμὰ καὶ εὐνάσ . (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 4 18:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ πυγμάχοι εἰμὲν ἀμύμονεσ οὐδὲ παλαισταί, ἀλλὰ ποσὶ κραιπνῶσ θέομεν καὶ νηυσὶν ἄριστοι, αἰεὶ δ’ ἡμῖν δαίσ τε φίλη κίθαρισ τε χοροί τε εἵματά τ’ ἐξημοιβὰ λοετρά τε θερμὰ καὶ εὐναί. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 8 26:3)

Synonyms

  1. serving for change

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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