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ὁδαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁδαῖος ὁδαῖη ὁδαῖον

Structure: ὁδαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o(do/s

Sense

  1. goods with which a merchant travels, freight

Examples

  • "οὐ γάρ σ’ οὐδέ, ξεῖνε, δαήμονι φωτὶ ἐίσκω ἄθλων, οἱᾶ́ τε πολλὰ μετ’ ἀνθρώποισι πέλονται, ἀλλὰ τῷ, ὅσ θ’ ἅμα νηὶ πολυκλήιδι θαμίζων, ἀρχὸσ ναυτάων οἵ τε πρηκτῆρεσ ἐάσιν, φόρτου τε μνήμων καὶ ἐπίσκοποσ ᾖσιν ὁδαίων κερδέων θ’ ἁρπαλέων· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 8 17:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ἔχετ’ ἐν φρεσὶ μῦθον, ἐπείγετε δ’ ὦνον ὁδαίων. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 15 57:3)

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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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