Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔμπαιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔμπαιος ἔμπαιον

Structure: ἐμπαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Perh. from e)n, pa/omai.

Sense

  1. possessed of or practised in

Examples

  • ἤ ῥά νύ που τοιαῦτα καὶ αὐτῷ οἴκοθι κεῖται ἢ ὅ γ’ ἐφορμᾶται ποιησέμεν, ὡσ ἐνὶ χερσὶ νωμᾷ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα κακῶν ἔμπαιοσ ἀλήτησ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 21 53:2)

Synonyms

  1. possessed of or practised in

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

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