Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

κρίθινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κρίθινος κρίθινη κρίθινον

Structure: κριθιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. made of or from barley

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ ἐν δυσουρίᾳ τισ γενόμενοσ πολὺν χρόνον ἐξέδωκε κριθίνην καλάμην γόνατ’ ἔχουσαν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 16:15)
  • μᾶζαν ἐδόκει κριθίνην ὑπ’ εὐτελείασ ἀνθρώποισ ἄβρωτον διὰ τοῦ στρατοπέδου κυλιομένην τὴν τοῦ βασιλέωσ σκηνὴν καταβαλεῖν καὶ τὰσ τῶν στρατιωτῶν πάντων. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 5 280:3)

Synonyms

  1. made of or from barley

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

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