Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

παροίνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παροίνιος παροίνιον

Structure: παροινι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: oi)=nos

Sense

  1. befitting a drinking party, drinking songs

Examples

  • ἔνιοί δέ τινεσ ὡσ ποιητοῦ τρυφερὰ καὶ παροίνια γράφοντοσ τοῦ Βατάλου μέμνηνται. (Plutarch, Demosthenes, chapter 4 4:2)
  • ταῦτα οὐχ ὕβρισ ὑμῖν δοκεῖ καὶ παροινία καὶ γέλωσ ; (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 5:4)
  • πολλὴ δὲ καὶ ἡ κατ’ Ἀρκαδίαν μυθολογία, Δάφνησ φυγή, Καλλιστοῦσ θηρίωσισ, Κενταύρων παροινία, Πανὸσ γοναί, Ἀλφειοῦ ἔρωσ καὶ ὕφαλοσ ἀποδημία. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 48:2)
  • ἐμάνη ὁ ἄνθρωποσ ἢ μέθη τισ ἦν καὶ παροινία τὸ πρᾶγμα; (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 2:1)
  • ἢ καὶ εὐεργεσίαν καταλογιῇ πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ ἐπὶ τῇ τοσαύτῃ ὕβρει καὶ παροινίᾳ τῶν λόγων; (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 5:11)

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

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