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τρυσίβιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρυσίβιος τρυσίβιον

Structure: τρυσιβι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tru/w

Sense

  1. wearing out life

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ οὕνεκά γε ψυχῆσ στερρᾶσ δυσκολοκοίτου τε μερίμνησ καὶ φειδωλοῦ καὶ τρυσιβίου γαστρὸσ καὶ θυμβρεπιδείπνου, ἀμέλει θαρρῶν οὕνεκα τούτων ἐπιχαλκεύειν παρέχοιμ’ ἄν. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Choral, anapests 1:18)

Synonyms

  1. wearing out life

Similar forms

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

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