Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σησάμινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σησάμινος σησάμινη σησάμινον

Structure: σησαμιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. made of sesame

Examples

  • ἐλαίῳ δὲ χρῶνται τῷ σησαμίνῳ τὸ πλέον· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 1 28:6)
  • εὔκαρποσ ἡ πολλὴ πλὴν ἐλαίου, χρῶνται δὲ σησαμίνῳ. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 51:9)

Synonyms

  1. made of sesame

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

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