Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

γυιοβόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γυιοβόρος

Structure: γυιοβορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gui=on, bibrw/skw

Sense

  1. gnawing the limbs

Examples

  • ὁ πρὶν ἀμαλθάκτοισιν ὑπὸ φρεσὶν ἡδὺν ἐν ἥβῃ οἰστροφόρου Παφίησ θεσμὸν ἀπειπάμενοσ, γυιοβόροισ βελέεσσιν ἀνέμβατοσ ὁ πρὶν Ἐρώτων, αὐχένα σοι κλίνω, Κύπρι, μεσαιπόλιοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2341)

Synonyms

  1. gnawing the limbs

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

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