Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σητόβρωτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σητόβρωτος σητόβρωτον

Structure: σητοβρωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sh/s, bibrw/skw

Sense

  1. eaten by moths

Examples

  • ὃ παλαιοῦται ἴσα ἀσκῷ ἢ ὥσπερ ἱμάτιον σητόβρωτον. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 13:28)
  • ὁ πλοῦτοσ ὑμῶν σέσηπεν, καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια ὑμῶν σητόβρωτα γέγονεν, ὁ χρυσὸσ ὑμῶν καὶ ὁ ἄργυροσ κατίωται, καὶ ὁ ἰὸσ αὐτῶν εἰσ μαρτύριον ὑμῖν ἔσται καὶ φάγεται τὰσ σάρκασ ὑμῶν· (IAKWBOU, chapter 1 101:1)

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

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