Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ποθινός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποθινός ποθινή ποθινόν

Structure: ποθιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poetic for poqeino/s, Anth.

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Examples

  • Ψύλλοσ, ὁ τὰσ ποθινὰσ ἐπιμισθίδασ αἰὲν ἑταίρασ πέμπων ἐσ τὰ νέων ἡδέα συμπόσια, οὗτοσ ὁ θηρεύων ἀταλόφρονασ, ἐνθάδε κεῖται, αἰσχρὸν ἀπ’ ἀνθρώπων μισθὸν ἐνεγκάμενοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4031)

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

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