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ὕειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὕειος ὕειᾱ ὕειον

Structure: ὑει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: u(=s

Sense

  1. of or belonging to swine, pig's

Examples

  • ἀναπτυχθεὶσ δὲ κοιλίαν ἔχει ὁμοίαν ταῖσ ὑείαισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 130 2:1)
  • ἄκοσ δὲ πρὸσ ὀφθαλμίαν μὲν βόειον γάλα προσκλυζόμενον, τοῖσ πλείστοισ δὲ τῶν νοσημάτων ὁ μέλασ οἶνοσ πινόμενοσ, τραύμασι δὲ ποτὸν μὲν βούτυρον ἐξάγει γὰρ τὰ σιδήρια, τὰ δ’ ἕλκη σαρξὶν ὑείαισ πυριῶσιν. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 86:9)

Synonyms

  1. of or belonging to swine

Related

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

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