Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐριστάφυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐριστάφυλος ἐριστάφυλον

Structure: ἐρισταφυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: stafulh/

Sense

  1. made of fine grapes
  2. rich in grapes

Examples

  • κεῖνοσ δὲ μοί ἐστιν ἑταῖροσ Λέσβον ἐριστάφυλον ναίων, Ἀγάθων δὲ καλεῖται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 44 2:2)
  • Κυκλώπων δ’ ἐσ γαῖαν ὑπερφιάλων ἀθεμίστων ἱκόμεθ’, οἵ ῥα θεοῖσι πεποιθότεσ ἀθανάτοισιν οὔτε φυτεύουσιν χερσὶν φυτὸν οὔτ’ ἀρόωσιν, ἀλλὰ τά γ’ ἄσπαρτα καὶ ἀνήροτα πάντα φύονται, πυροὶ καὶ κριθαὶ ἠδ’ ἄμπελοι, αἵ τε φέρουσιν οἶνον ἐριστάφυλον, καί σφιν Διὸσ ὄμβροσ ἀέξει. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 7:2)
  • καὶ γὰρ Κυκλώπεσσι φέρει ζείδωροσ ἄρουρα οἶνον ἐριστάφυλον, καί σφιν Διὸσ ὄμβροσ ἀέξει· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 33:2)
  • τοὺσ δὲ κατοικοῦντασ αὐτὴν τὸ παλαιὸν Σικανοὺσ αὐτόχθονασ εἶναί φασιν οἱ νομιμώτατοι τῶν συγγραφέων, καὶ τάσ τε προειρημένασ θεὰσ ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ νήσῳ πρώτωσ φανῆναι καὶ τὸν τοῦ σίτου καρπὸν ταύτην πρώτην ἀνεῖναι διὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν τῆσ χώρασ, περὶ ὧν καὶ τὸν ἐπιφανέστατον τῶν ποιητῶν μαρτυρεῖν λέγοντα ἀλλὰ τά γ’ ἄσπαρτα καὶ ἀνήροτα πάντα φύονται πυροὶ καὶ κριθαί, ἠδ’ ἄμπελοι, αἵτε φέρουσιν οἶνον ἐριστάφυλον, καί σφιν Διὸσ ὄμβροσ ἀέξει. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 2 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. rich in grapes

Related

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

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