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

  • ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ ἡ Ἴκαροσ πρότερον Ἰχθυόεσσα διὰ τὸ ἐν αὐτῇ τῶν ἰχθύων πλῆθοσ, ὡσ καὶ Ἐχινάδεσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐχίνων καὶ Σηπιὰσ ἄκρα ἀπὸ τῶν περὶ αὐτὴν σηπιῶν καὶ Λαγοῦσσαι νῆσοι ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αὐταῖσ λαγωῶν καὶ ἕτεραι Φυκοῦσσαι καὶ Λοπαδοῦσσαι ἀπὸ τῶν παραπλησίων, προσαγορεύεται δέ, φησὶν Ἐπαρχίδησ, ἡ ἄμπελοσ ἡ τὸν Ἰκάριον πράμνιον φέρουσα ὑπὸ τῶν ξένων μὲν ἱερά, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν Οἰνοαίων Διονυσιάσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 55 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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