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ἑωλοκρασία

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑωλοκρασία

Etym.: kra=sis

Sense

  1. a mixture of the dregs and heel-taps, the stale dregs

Examples

  • "καὶ γὰρ καὶ ὄψον πονηρὸν ἔστι παρώσασθαι, κἂν οἶνοσ ᾖ φαῦλοσ, ἐπὶ τὰσ νύμφασ καταφυγεῖν σύνδειπνοσ δὲ κεφαλαλγὴσ καὶ βαρὺσ καὶ ἀνάγωγοσ παντὸσ μὲν οἴνου καὶ ὄψου πάσησ δὲ μουσουργοῦ χάριν ἀπόλλυσι καὶ λυμαίνεται, καὶ οὐδ’ ἀπεμέσαι τὴν τοιαύτην ἀηδίαν ἕτοιμόν ἐστιν, ἀλλ’ ἐνίοισ εἰσ ἅπαντα τὸν βίον ἐμμένει τὸ πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ δυσάρεστον, ὥσπερ ἑωλοκρασία τισ ὕβρεωσ ἢ ὀργῆσ ἐν οἴνῳ γενομένησ. (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 2 12:6)

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

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