Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

οἰσύϊνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἰσύϊνος οἰσύϊνη οἰσύϊνον

Structure: οἰσυϊν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from oi)su/a

Sense

  1. of osier, of wicker-work

Examples

  • Τίνων δὲ ἐκράτησασ σύ γε ἀξιομάχων ἀνδρῶν, ὃσ δειλοῖσ ἀεὶ ξυνηνέχθησ τοξάρια καὶ πελτάρια καὶ γέρρα οἰσύϊνα προβεβλημένοισ; (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 3:1)

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

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