Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑσμός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑσμός

Etym.: i(/hmi

Sense

  1. anything let out, a swarm of bees, streams

Examples

  • ἑσμὸσ γυναικῶν οὑτοσὶ θύρασιν αὖ βοηθεῖ. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Parodos, tetrameters6)
  • ἐν ἁγνῷ δ’ ἑσμὸσ ὡσ πελειάδων ἵζεσθε κίρκων τῶν ὁμοπτέρων φόβῳ, ἐχθρῶν ὁμαίμων καὶ μιαινόντων γένοσ. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode 2:16)
  • νούσων δ’ ἑσμὸσ ἀπ’ ἀστῶν ἵζοι κρατὸσ ἀτερπήσ· (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, strophe 32)
  • καὶ μόχθων οὔπω τόδε σοι τέλοσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄρσην ἔστρωται τέκνων ἑσμὸσ ἀποφθιμένων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 133 1:4)
  • οὐδὲ μάτην ἁπαλοῖσ περὶ χείλεσιν ἑσμὸσ ἐκεῖνοσ ἔπλασε κηρόδετον, Πίνδαρε, σεῖο μέλι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3052)

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

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