Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑηνός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑηνός ὑηνή ὑηνόν

Structure: ὑην (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: u(=s

Sense

  1. swinish

Examples

  • ὦ φίλε Κλεινία, παντάπασί γε μὴν καὶ αὐτὸσ ἀκούσασ ὀψέ ποτε τὸ περὶ ταῦτα ἡμῶν πάθοσ ἐθαύμασα, καὶ ἔδοξέ μοι τοῦτο οὐκ ἀνθρώπινον ἀλλὰ ὑηνῶν τινων εἶναι μᾶλλον θρεμμάτων, ᾐσχύνθην τε οὐχ ὑπὲρ ἐμαυτοῦ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων τῶν Ἑλλήνων. (Plato, Laws, book 7 196:2)

Similar forms

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

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