Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐδεστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐδεστός ἐδεστή ἐδεστόν

Structure: ἐδεστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/dw

Sense

  1. eatable: eaten, consumed

Examples

  • τὸν δ’ αὖ ξύναιμον τοῦδε, Πολυνείκη λέγω, ὃσ γῆν πατρῴαν καὶ θεοὺσ τοὺσ ἐγγενεῖσ φυγὰσ κατελθὼν ἠθέλησε μὲν πυρὶ πρῆσαι κατ’ ἄκρασ, ἠθέλησε δ’ αἵματοσ κοινοῦ πάσασθαι, τοὺσ δὲ δουλώσασ ἄγειν, τοῦτον πόλει τῇδ’ ἐκκεκήρυκται τάφῳ μήτε κτερίζειν μήτε κωκῦσαί τινα, ἐᾶν δ’ ἄθαπτον καὶ πρὸσ οἰωνῶν δέμασ καὶ πρὸσ κυνῶν ἐδεστὸν αἰκισθέν τ’ ἰδεῖν. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode10)
  • ᾧ γὰρ τὸν ἐνδυτῆρα πέπλον ἀρτίωσ ἔχριον, ἀργὴσ οἰὸσ εὐέρου πόκοσ, τοῦτ’ ἠφάνισται διάβορον πρὸσ οὐδενὸσ τῶν ἔνδον, ἀλλ’ ἐδεστὸν ἐξ αὑτοῦ φθίνει, καὶ ψῇ κατ’ ἄκρασ σπιλάδοσ· (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 1:2)
  • ἔστι δὲ θηρευτὸν ὃ ἂν ἄγριον ᾖ ἐδεστὸν ζῷον. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 42:1)
  • οὔτε γὰρ ποτὸν οὐδὲν οὔτ’ ἐδεστὸν οὕτωσ ἀηδὲσ καὶ βλαβερόν ἐστι μὴ θεραπευθὲν ὃν προσήκει τρόπον, ὡσ λόγοσ ἀκαίρωσ καὶ ἀνοήτωσ ἐν συμποσίῳ περιφερόμενοσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, chapter 0 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. eatable

Related

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

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