Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σαπρία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σαπρία

Structure: σαπρι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: = sapro/ths, Anth.

Sense

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • θάνατον ἐπεκαλεσάμην πατέρα μου εἶναι, μητέρα δέ μου καὶ ἀδελφὴν σαπρίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 17:14)
  • ἔστι δέ τισ οἶνοσ, τὸν δὴ σαπρίαν καλέουσι, οὗ καὶ ἀπὸ στόματοσ στάμνων ὑπανοιγομενάων ὄζει ἰών, ὄζει δὲ ῥόδων, ὄζει δ’ ὑακίνθου· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 53 1:3)
  • εἰσ τὸ αὐτό εὑρὼν Κομητᾶσ τὰσ Ὁμηρείουσ βίβλουσ ἐφθαρμένασ τε κοὐδαμῶσ ἐστιγμένασ, στίξασ διεσμίλευσα ταύτασ ἐντέχνωσ, τὴν σαπρίαν ῥύψασ μὲν ὡσ ἀχρηστίαν, γράψασ δ’. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 381)

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

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