Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

γραῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γραῖος γραῖη γραῖον

Structure: γραι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: contr. from ge/raios

Sense

  1. raisins

Examples

  • ἦ μεθήσετ’, ὦ κακαί, γραῖαν πεσοῦσαν; (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic3)
  • μόλισ δὲ γραῖαν ἀποφυγὼν σαπρὰν ἀπωλόμην ὅμωσ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, lyric5)
  • εὐθὺσ δ’ ἐρευνᾷ γραῖαν ὠλένην λαβών, ἐπ’ αὐτοφώρῳ πρέσβυν ὡσ ἔχονθ’ ἕλοι. (Euripides, Ion, episode 6:9)
  • ἐγὼ δ’ ἥκω μέτα γέρων ἀδελφὴν γραῖαν Ιὀκάστην, ὅπωσ λούσῃ προθῆταί τ’ οὐκέτ’ ὄντα παῖδ’ ἐμόν. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 1:5)
  • ὃ δ’ ἦν ἔτ’ ἔμπνουσ, πρὸσ κασιγνήτην δ’ ἰδὼν γραῖάν τε μητέρ’ εἶπε Πολυνείκησ τάδε· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 5:8)

Synonyms

  1. raisins

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

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