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ὄροβος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄροβος ὀρόβου

Structure: ὀροβ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. bitter vetch, Vicia ervilia

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "θέρμοσ καὶ ὄροβοσ καὶ ἐρέβινθοσ μόνα οὐ ζῳοῦται τῶν χεδροπῶν διὰ τὴν δριμύτητα καὶ πικρότητα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 45 2:3)
  • "τὸ μὲν στρογγύλον ὥσπερ ὄροβοσ, κέλυφοσ ἔχον ὑπέρυθρον, τὸ δὲ πρόμηκεσ, μέλαν, σπερμάτια μηκωνικὰ ἔχον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 73 2:5)
  • "τὸ δὲ χόρτου ἕνεκα τῶν τετραπόδων ζῴων, οἱο͂ν ὄροβοσ μὲν ἀροτήρων βοῶν, ἀφάκη δὲ προβάτων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 71 1:5)
  • Ἢν δὲ ἐπιπλάσσειν εὐκαιρίη ἐῄ, τοῖσι μὲν ἐλαίοισι τοῖσι αὐτέοισι χρέεσθαι ἐπὶ τοῖσι ὁμοίοισι· ὕλη δὲ λίνου σπέρμα, καὶ τῆλισ, καὶ ἄλητον κριθῆσ λεπτόν· ἀγαθὸν δὲ καὶ κύαμοσ, καὶ ὄροβοσ, ἢν ἐξοιδαίνῃ ἡ γαστήρ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 64)

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