Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐμετικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐμετικός ἐμετική ἐμετικόν

Structure: ἐμετικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from e)/metos

Sense

  1. one who uses emetics

Examples

  • "οἱο͂ν τὸ Τιμαγένουσ πρὸσ τὸν ἄνδρα τῆσ ἐμετικῆσ κακῶν γὰρ ἄρχεισ τήνδε μοῦσαν εἰσάγων· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 2, 18:4)

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

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