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σιτοφάγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σιτοφάγος σιτοφάγον

Structure: σιτοφαγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. eating corn or bread

Examples

  • σιτοφάγοι δὲ καὶ ἀροτῆρεσ Ἰνδοί εἰσιν, ὅσοι γε μὴ ὄρειοι αὐτῶν· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 17 5:1)
  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ Βουδῖνοι ἐόντεσ αὐτόχθονεσ νομάδεσ τε εἰσὶ καὶ φθειροτραγέουσι μοῦνοι τῶν ταύτῃ, Γελωνοὶ δὲ γῆσ τε ἐργάται καὶ σιτοφάγοι καὶ κήπουσ ἐκτημένοι, οὐδὲν τὴν ἰδέην ὅμοιοι οὐδὲ τὸ χρῶμα. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 109 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. eating corn or bread

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

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