Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μυιοσόβος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μυιοσόβος μυιοσόβον

Structure: μυιοσοβ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sobe/w

Sense

  1. flapping away flies

Examples

  • ὕπνου δ’ ἀστυφέλικτον ἄγω χάριν ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοὺσ δμῶασ μυιοσόβου ῥύομαι ἀτμενίησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 764 1:1)

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

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