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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

  • ἄλλον δ’ ἰχθὺν μεγέθει πίσυνόν τινα τοῖσδε τόποισ ἥκει κομίσασ Γλαῦκόσ τισ ἐν πόντῳ γ’ ἁλούσ, ὁ σῖτον ὀψοφάγων, καὶ λίχνων ἀνδρῶν ἀγάπημα φέρων κατ’ ὤμων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 27 3:1)

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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