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

  • ὡσ δ’ ὅτε τισ ζεύξῃ βόασ ἄρσενασ εὐρυμετώπουσ τριβέμεναι κρῖ λευκὸν ἐϋκτιμένῃ ἐν ἀλωῇ, ῥίμφά τε λέπτ’ ἐγένοντο βοῶν ὑπὸ πόσσ’ ἐριμύκων, ὣσ ὑπ’ Ἀχιλλῆοσ μεγαθύμου μώνυχεσ ἵπποι στεῖβον ὁμοῦ νέκυάσ τε καὶ ἀσπίδασ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 20 46:3)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ τάχ’ ἔμελλον ἐπαί̈ξασθαι ἀέθλον, ἔνθ’ Αἰάσ μὲν ὄλισθε θέων, βλάψεν γὰρ Ἀθήνη, τῇ ῥα βοῶν κέχυτ’ ὄνθοσ ἀποκταμένων ἐριμύκων, οὓσ ἐπὶ Πατρόκλῳ πέφνεν πόδασ ὠκὺσ Ἀχιλλεύσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 69:22)

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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