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ἐλάφειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλάφειος ἐλάφειον

Structure: ἐλαφει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/lafos

Sense

  1. of a stag, venison

Examples

  • ἔστι δὲ ὀλίγα ἐν ἁλσί, τἄλλα δ’ ἐντῷ καπνῷ ξηρά, οὐ πολὺ ἐκείνων χείρω, σκελίδεσ ὑῶν καὶ ἐλάφειοι καὶ ἄλλα γενναῖα κρέα. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 53:6)

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

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