Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θυμοβόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θυμοβόρος θυμοβόρον

Structure: θυμοβορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: bibrw/skw

Sense

  1. eating the heart

Examples

  • Ἀτρεί̈δη ἦ ἄρ τι τόδ’ ἀμφοτέροισιν ἄρειον ἔπλετο σοὶ καὶ ἐμοί, ὅ τε νῶί̈ περ ἀχνυμένω κῆρ θυμοβόρῳ ἔριδι μενεήναμεν εἵνεκα κούρησ; (Homer, Iliad, Book 19 6:9)

Synonyms

  1. eating the heart

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

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