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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

  • " ἐρωτηθεὶσ διὰ τί οἱ ἀθληταὶ ἀναίσθητοί εἰσιν, ἔφη, "ὅτι κρέασιν ὑείοισ καὶ βοείοισ ἀνῳκοδόμηνται. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. DIOGENHS 30:4)

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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