Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ὀλιγησίπυος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλιγησίπυος ὀλιγησίπυον

Structure: ὀλιγησιπυ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sipu/a

Sense

  1. with little corn, with a small bread-basket

Examples

  • Λαθρίη, ἐκ πλανίου ταύτην χάριν ἔκ τε πενέστεω κἠξ ὀλιγησιπύου δέξο Λεωνίδεω, ψαιστά τε πιήεντα καὶ εὐθήσαυρον ἐλαίην, καὶ τοῦτο χλωρὸν σῦκον ἀποκράδιον, κεὐοίνου σταφυλῆσ ἔχ’ ἀποσπάδα πεντάρραγον, πότνια, καὶ σπονδὴν τήνδ’ ὑποπυθμίδιον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 3001)

Synonyms

  1. with little corn

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

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