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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

  • Ἔτι δὲ καὶ κριθαὶ ἢ ὄροβοι‧ ἐν ὄξει κεκρημένῳ σμικρῷ ὀξύτερον, ἢ ὡσ ἄν τισ πίοι, διέντα καὶ ἀναζέσαντα, ἐσ μαρσίππια καταῤῬάψαντα προστιθέναι‧ καὶ πίτυρα τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 7.4)
  • ἱκανὰ δέ μοι τροφὴν παρασχεῖν καὶ μῆλα καὶ κέγχροι καὶ κριθαὶ καὶ ὄροβοι καὶ τὰ εὐτελέστατα τῶν ὀσπρίων καὶ φηγὸσ ὑπὸ τῇ τέφρᾳ καὶ ὁ τῆσ κρανείασ καρπόσ, ᾗ φησιν Ὅμηροσ εὐωχεῖν τοὺσ τοῦ Ὀδυσσέωσ ἑταίρουσ τὴν Κίρκην, ὑφ’ ὧν ἀντέχει τρεφόμενα καὶ τὰ μέγιστα θηρία. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 74:2)

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