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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

  • καὶ χειροβαρὲσ σαρκὸσ ὑείασ Θετταλότμητον κρέασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 12 1:10)
  • μήτρασ ὑείασ οὐκ ἀφεψηθεὶσ τόμοσ, τὴν δηξίθυμον ἐντὸσ ὀξάλμην ἔχων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 58 2:4)
  • μήτρασ ὑείασ ἑφθὸν ὡσ φάγῃσ τόμον, δριμεῖαν ὠθῶν πηγανῖτιν εἰσ χολήν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 58 3:2)
  • ἐθηρεύετο δὲ ταῦτα τὰ ζῷα τὸ μὲν παλαιὸν ὑπὸ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἀγκίστροισ ἔχουσιν ἐπιδεδελεασμένασ ὑείασ σάρκασ, ὕστερον δὲ ποτὲ μὲν δικτύοισ παχέσιν ὡσπερεί τινεσ ἰχθῦσ, ποτὲ δ’ ἐμβολίοισ σιδηροῖσ ἐκ τῶν ἀκάτων τυπτόμενα συνεχῶσ εἰσ τὴν κεφαλήν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 35 5:1)

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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