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

  • πολλάκισ δὲ χῆνασ ἡμιβρώτουσ ἔπεμπε καὶ ἄρτων ἡμίσεα καὶ ἄλλα τοιαῦτα, ἐπιλέγειν κελεύων τὸν φέροντα· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 9 27:1)

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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