Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σιτοφάγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σιτοφάγος σιτοφάγον

Structure: σιτοφαγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. eating corn or bread

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ θαῦμ’ ἐτέτυκτο πελώριον, οὐδὲ ἐῴκει ἀνδρί γε σιτοφάγῳ, ἀλλὰ ῥίῳ ὑλήεντι ὑψηλῶν ὀρέων, ὅ τε φαίνεται οἰο͂ν ἀπ’ ἄλλων. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 14:8)

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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