Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θόρνυμαι

-νυμι athematic Verb; 이상동사 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θόρνυμαι

Structure: θόρνυ (Stem) + μαι (Ending)

Sense

Examples

  • νῦν δ’ ἐπεὰν θορνύωνται κατὰ ζεύγεα καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ ᾖ ὁ ἔρσην τῇ ἐκποιήσι, ἀπιεμένου αὐτοῦ τὴν γονὴν ἡ θήλεα ἅπτεται τῆσ δειρῆσ, καὶ ἐμφῦσα οὐκ ἀνιεῖ πρὶν ἂν διαφάγῃ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 109 2:2)

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

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