Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀστρακίνδα

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀστρακίνδα

Sense

  1. played with potsherds or oyster-shells

Examples

  • τοῦτο δ’ εἰσ ἕν ἐστι συγκεκυφόσ, ὥστ’ εἰ σὺ βριμήσαιο καὶ βλέψειασ ὀστρακίνδα, νύκτωρ καθαρπάσαντεσ ἂν τὰσ ἀσπίδασ θέοντεσ τὰσ ἐσβολὰσ τῶν ἀλφίτων ἂν καταλάβοιεν ἡμῶν. (Aristotle, Agon, antepirrheme9)

Synonyms

  1. played with potsherds or oyster-shells

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

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