Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐρίμυκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐρίμυκος

Structure: ἐριμυκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: muka/omai

Sense

  1. loud-bellowing

Examples

  • τῶν τότε Μαιάδοσ υἱόσ, ἐύσκοποσ Ἀργειφόντησ, πεντήκοντ’ ἀγέλησ ἀπετάμνετο βοῦσ ἐριμύκουσ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 8:3)
  • ἔνθ’ ἐπεὶ εὖ βοτάνησ ἐπεφόρβει βοῦσ ἐριμύκουσ καὶ τὰσ μὲν συνέλασσεν ἐσ αὔλιον ἀθρόασ οὔσασ, λωτὸν ἐρεπτομένασ ἠδ’ ἑρσήεντα κύπειρον· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 12:7)
  • ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν ἔκφυγε κῆρα καὶ ἤλασε βοῦσ ἐριμύκουσ ἐσ Πύλον ἐκ Φυλάκησ καὶ ἐτίσατο ἔργον ἀεικὲσ ἀντίθεον Νηλῆα, κασιγνήτῳ δὲ γυναῖκα ἠγάγετο πρὸσ δώμαθ’. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 15 32:6)

Synonyms

  1. loud-bellowing

Related

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

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