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ἐρίφειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐρίφειος ἐρίφειον

Structure: ἐριφει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/rifos

Sense

  1. of a kid

Examples

  • οὐ μόνον τὴν τῶν κρεῶν ἐξαλλαγὴν δηλοῖ, ὡσ ὀρνίθεια, χοίρεια, ἐρίφεια, βόεια λέγων, ἀλλὰ τὴν σκευασίαν ὡσ ποικίλην ἔχοντα καὶ οὐ μονοειδῆ ἀλλὰ περιττήν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 46 3:3)
  • "τὰ δὲ δὴ δένδρη τἀν τοῖσ ὄρεσιν χορδαῖσ ὀπταῖσ ἐριφείοισ φυλλοροήσει καὶ τευθιδίοισ ἁπαλοῖσι κίχλαισ τ’ ἀναβράστοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:159)
  • κρέασ ἐρίφειον; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 81 4:26)
  • κρέασ ἐρίφειον; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 45 2:29)
  • οὐκ ἦν δ’ ὅπου οὐ παρετίθεσαν ἐπὶ τὴν αὐτὴν τράπεζαν κρέα ἄρνεια, ἐρίφεια, χοίρεια, μόσχεια, ὀρνίθεια, σὺν πολλοῖσ ἄρτοισ τοῖσ μὲν πυρίνοισ τοῖσ δὲ κριθίνοισ. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 5 32:1)

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

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