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τρωγάλια

Irregular declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρωγάλια τρωγάλιων

Etym.: trw/gw

Sense

  1. fruits eaten at dessert, figs, nuts, sweetmeats

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ πρεπῶδέσ ἐστι τῷ διδασκάλῳ ἰσχάδια καὶ τρωγάλια τοῖσ θεωμένοισ προβαλόντ’ ἐπὶ τούτοισ εἶτ’ ἀναγκάζειν γελᾶν. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode16)
  • Ἀριστοτέλησ δ’ ἐν τῷ περὶ Μέθησ τὰ τραγήματά φησι λέγεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρχαίων τρωγάλια· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 47 3:6)

Synonyms

  1. fruits eaten at dessert

    • τράγημα (that which is eaten for eating's sake, dried fruits or sweetmeats, dessert)

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

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