Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σταίτινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σταίτινος σταίτινη σταίτινον

Structure: σταιτιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from stai=s

Sense

  1. of flour or dough of spelt

Examples

  • οἱ δὲ πένητεσ αὐτῶν ὑπ’ ἀσθενείησ βίου σταιτίνασ πλάσαντεσ ὗσ καὶ ὀπτήσαντεσ ταύτασ θύουσι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 47 4:4)

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

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