Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πνιγόεις

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πνιγόεις πνιγόεσσα πνιγόεν

Structure: πνιγοεντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = pnighro/s, Anth.

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Examples

  • οὐδὲ θανὼν ὁ πρέσβυσ ἑῷ ἐπιτέτροφε τύμβῳ βότρυν ἀπ’ οἰνάνθησ ἥμερον, ἀλλὰ βάτον, καὶ πνιγόεσσαν ἄχερδον, ἀποστύφουσαν ὁδιτῶν χείλεα καὶ δίψει καρφαλέον φάρυγα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 5361)

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

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