Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μόσχειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μόσχειος μόσχειον

Structure: μοσχει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mo/sxos2

Sense

  1. of a calf, veal, a calf-skin, a calf

Examples

  • ἡμεῖσ δ’ ἐσθίομεν κεκλημένοι ἁλμυρὰ πάντα, χέννια, καὶ τυρούσ, χηνὸσ ἁλιστὰ λίπη, ὄρνια καὶ μόσχεια· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 377 1:1)
  • οὐκ ἦν δ’ ὅπου οὐ παρετίθεσαν ἐπὶ τὴν αὐτὴν τράπεζαν κρέα ἄρνεια, ἐρίφεια, χοίρεια, μόσχεια, ὀρνίθεια, σὺν πολλοῖσ ἄρτοισ τοῖσ μὲν πυρίνοισ τοῖσ δὲ κριθίνοισ. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 5 32:1)

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

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