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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

  • καὶ μετὰ τὸ δεῖπνον ἐσ λόγουσ ἤδη παροινίουσ τρεπόμενοι, ὡσ τό χαῖῤ, Ἀχιλεῦ, δαιτὸσ μὲν ἐΐσησ οὐκ ἐπιδευεῖσ, Ὀδυσσεὺσ ὁπότε τὴν ἐπεσταλμένην πρεσβείαν αὐτῷ ἐρρητόρευε. (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 4:4)

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

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