Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡμίβρωτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμίβρωτος ἡμίβρωτη ἡμίβρωτον

Structure: ἡμιβρωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. half-eaten

Examples

  • σάρκα μὲν ἔμπυρον αὐτὸσ ὑφ’ ἡμίβρωτον ὀδόντα θεὶσ μάκαρ, αὐτὸ δὲ σοὶ τοῦτο πόρε σκύβαλον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 89 1:1)
  • Κρῆτεσ ὅπου ψεῦσται, καὶ Διὸσ ἔστι τάφοσ, ἐξ ἁλὸσ ἡμίβρωτον ἀνηνέγκαντο σαγηνεῖσ ἄνδρα, πολύκλαυτον ναυτιλίησ σκύβαλον κέρδεα δ’ οὐκ ἐδίωξαν ἃ μὴ θέμισ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 275 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. half-eaten

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

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