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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

  • ἐλαίου δὲ παντελῶσ σπανίζοντεσ κατασκευάζουσιν ἐκ τῆσ σχίνου, καὶ μιγνύντεσ ὑείῳ στέατι τὰ σώματα αὑτῶν ἀλείφουσι τούτῳ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 17 2:3)

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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