Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡμιόνειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμιόνειος ἡμιόνειᾱ ἡμιόνειον

Structure: ἡμιονει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h(mi/onos

Sense

  1. of, belonging to a mule, drawn by mules

Examples

  • ὣσ ἔφαθ’, οἳ δ’ ἄρα πατρὸσ ὑποδείσαντεσ ὁμοκλὴν ἐκ μὲν ἄμαξαν ἀείραν ἐύ̈τροχον ἡμιονείην καλὴν πρωτοπαγέα, πείρινθα δὲ δῆσαν ἐπ’ αὐτῆσ, κὰδ δ’ ἀπὸ πασσαλόφι ζυγὸν ᾕρεον ἡμιόνειον πύξινον ὀμφαλόεν εὖ οἰήκεσσιν ἀρηρόσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 24:1)

Synonyms

  1. of

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

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