Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λίχνος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λίχνος λίχνη λίχνον

Structure: λιχν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: lei/xw

Sense

  1. dainty, lickerish, greedy
  2. curious

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ σὺ πλακοῦντα δεικνύων ἀνθρώποισ λίχνοισ καὶ μόνοσ αὐτὸν καταπίνων οὐ θέλεισ ἵνα αὐτὸν ἁρπάσωσι; (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 14:2)
  • εἰ δέ τινεσ πάντωσ ἐπιζητοῦσι κατὰ τόπον καὶ κατὰ μέροσ τῶν τοιούτων ἀκούειν, ἴσωσ ἀγνοοῦσι παραπλήσιόν τι πάσχοντεσ τοῖσ λίχνοισ τῶν δειπνητῶν. (Polybius, Histories, book 3, chapter 57 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. dainty

  2. curious

Related

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

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