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ὀνειροκρίτης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀνειροκρίτης ὀνειροκρίτου

Structure: ὀνειροκριτ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Sense

  1. an interpreter of dreams

Examples

  • ὃσ γὰρ ἂν εἰκάξῃ κατὰ τὸν νόον οὗτοσ ἄριστοσ ἐστὶν ὀνειροκρίτασ, ὁ διδάσκαλόσ ἐστι παρ’ ᾧ νοῦσ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 24)
  • ὅτε δὲ πάλιν ὀνειροκρίτασ καὶ μάντεισ καὶ τοὺσ προσέχοντασ τούτοισ ἢ τοὺσ ἐπὶ δόξῃ καὶ πλούτῳ πεφυσημένουσ, οὐδὲν ματαιότερον νομίζειν ἀνθρώπου. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. DIOGENHS 5:4)

Synonyms

  1. an interpreter of dreams

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

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