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

  • ὁ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοσ Μνησίθεοσ ἐν τῷ περὶ ἐδεστῶν τῶν μειζόνων φησὶν ἰχθύων γένοσ ὑφ’ ὧν μὲν καλεῖσθαι τμητόν, ὑπ’ ἄλλων δὲ πελάγιον, οἱο͂ν χρυσόφρυσ καὶ γλαύκουσ καὶ φάγρουσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 541)
  • Μνησίθεοσ ὁ Ἀθηναῖοσ ἰατρὸσ ἐν τῷ περὶ ἐδεστῶν ὀστρακίδασ καλεῖ τῶν κώνων τοὺσ πυρῆνασ, ἔτι δὲ κώνουσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 492)
  • τρυφῇ γέ τοι ἄλλων ἐδεστῶν μηχανὰσ θηρεύομεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 48 1:5)
  • Μνησίθεοσ δ’ ὁ Ἀθηναῖοσ ἐν τῷ περὶ ἐδεστῶν φησιν· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 19 1:6)
  • ταῦτα Μνησίθεοσ ὁ Ἀθηναῖοσ ἐν τῷ περὶ ἐδεστῶν μῆλα Δελφικὰ καλεῖ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 202)

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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