Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἰχθυόεις

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰχθυόεις ἰχθυόεσσα ἰχθυόεν

Structure: ἰχθυοεντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i)xqu/s

Sense

  1. full of fish, fishy
  2. consisting of fish

Examples

  • τρομέει δὲ κάρηνα ὑψηλῶν ὀρέων, ἰάχει δ’ ἔπι δάσκιοσ ὕλη δεινὸν ὑπὸ κλαγγῆσ θηρῶν, φρίσσει δέ τε γαῖα πόντοσ τ’ ἰχθυόεισ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. full of fish

  2. consisting of fish

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

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