Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πίσος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πίσος

Sense

  1. the pea

Examples

  • "πᾶσα γὰρ χεδροπώδησ ἥμεροσ φύσισ ἐνσπέρματοσ ἣ μὲν ἑψήσεωσ ἕνεκα σπείρεται, οἱο͂ν ὁ κύαμοσ, πισόσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 71 1:1)
  • πισὸσ καὶ ὦχροσ, ὁκόσον ἀφυσότερα, τοσόνδε ἑλκέων ἀκαθαρτότερα. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 236)
  • ἡνιοχοῦντεσ δὲ συνωρίδα Πῖσόσ ἐστιν ὁ Περιήρουσ καὶ Ἀστερίων Κομήτου, πλεῦσαι καὶ οὗτοσ λεγόμενοσ ἐπὶ τῆσ Ἀργοῦσ, καὶ Πολυδεύκησ τε καὶ Ἄδμητοσ, ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτοῖσ Εὔφημοσ, Ποσειδῶνόσ τε ὢν κατὰ τὸν τῶν ποιητῶν λόγον καὶ Ιἄσονι ἐσ Κόλχουσ τοῦ πλοῦ μετεσχηκώσ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 17 14:4)

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

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