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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

  • ἐγὼ δέ γ’ ἤνυστρον βοὸσ καὶ κοιλίαν ὑείαν καταβροχθίσασ κᾆτ’ ἐπιπιὼν τὸν ζωμὸν ἀναπόνιπτοσ λαρυγγιῶ τοὺσ ῥήτορασ καὶ Νικίαν ταράξω. (Aristotle, Agon, epirrheme24)
  • καὶ πάλιν ἐγὼ δὲ ἤνυστρον βοὸσ καὶ κοιλίαν ὑείαν καταβροχθίσασ κἆτ’ ἐκπιὼν τὸν ζωμὸν ἀναπόνιπτοσ λαρυγγιῶ τοὺσ ῥήτορασ καὶ Νικίαν ταράξω, καὶ πάλιν· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 47 1:2)

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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