Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μεταδήμιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεταδήμιος μεταδήμιον

Structure: μεταδημι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dh=mos

Sense

  1. in the midst of or among the people, in the country

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ἔθ’ Ἥφαιστοσ μεταδήμιοσ, ἀλλά που ἤδη οἴχεται ἐσ Λῆμνον μετὰ Σίντιασ ἀγριοφώνουσ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 8 30:2)
  • θεοὶ δ’ ἀρετὴν ὀπάσειαν παντοίην, καὶ μή τι κακὸν μεταδήμιον εἰή. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 13 5:5)

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

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