Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔτνος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔτνος ἔτνεος

Structure: ἐτνο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a thick soup of pulse, pea-soup

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὡσ αἱ τράπεζαί γ’ εἰσὶν ἐπινενησμέναι ἀγαθῶν ἁπάντων καὶ παρεσκευασμέναι, κλῖναί τε σισυρῶν καὶ δαπίδων νενασμέναι, κρατῆρα συγκιρνᾶσιν, αἱ μυροπώλιδεσ ἑστᾶσ’ ἐφεξῆσ, τὰ τεμάχη ῥιπίζεται, λαγῷ’ ἀναπηγνύασι, πόπανα πέττεται, στέφανοι πλέκονται, φρύγεται τραγήματα, χύτρασ ἔτνουσ ἕψουσιν αἱ νεώταται. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Episode 4:2)
  • ἤδη ποτ’ ἐπεθύμησασ ἐξαίφνησ ἔτνουσ; (Aristophanes, Frogs, Prologue 3:4)
  • ἔτνουσ; (Aristophanes, Frogs, Prologue 3:5)
  • μὴ δῆτα περὶ ἔτνουσ γε· (Aristophanes, Frogs, Prologue 3:8)
  • ἡ γὰρ θεόσ <σ’> ὡσ ἐπύθεθ’ ἥκοντ’, εὐθέωσ ἔπεττεν ἄρτουσ, ἧψε κατερεικτῶν χύτρασ ἔτνουσ δύ’ ἢ τρεῖσ, βοῦν ἀπηνθράκιζ’ ὅλον, πλακοῦντασ ὤπτα κολλάβουσ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene 1:3)

Related

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION