Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀξύπεινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξύπεινος ὀξύπεινον

Structure: ὀξυπειν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pei=na

Sense

  1. ravenously hungry

Examples

  • τέρπομαι γυμνοὺσ ὁρῶν τοὺσ ὀξυπείνουσ καὶ πρὸ τῶν καιρῶν ἀεὶ πάντ’ εἰδέναι σπεύδοντασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 27 1:2)

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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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