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νεοσφαγής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεοσφαγής νεοσφαγές

Structure: νεοσφαγη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: sfa/zw

Sense

  1. fresh-slain

Examples

  • Αἰάσ ὅδ’ ἡμῖν ἀρτίωσ νεοσφαγὴσ κεῖται, κρυφαίῳ φασγάνῳ περιπτυχήσ. (Sophocles, Ajax, choral, strophe 19)
  • τέθνηκεν ἀρτίωσ νεοσφαγήσ. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 2:15)

Synonyms

  1. fresh-slain

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

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