Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑοφόρβιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑοφόρβιον ὑοφόρβιου

Structure: ὑοφορβι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: = suofo/rbion

Sense

  1. a herd of swine

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὕτωσ δ’ ἐστὶ δαψιλῆ καὶ τὰ ποίμνια καὶ τὰ ὑοφόρβια ὥστε τῶν σάγων καὶ τῆσ ταριχείασ ἀφθονίαν μὴ τῇ Ῥώμῃ χορηγεῖσθαι μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖσ πλείστοισ μέρεσι τῆσ Ἰταλίασ. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 4 6:17)

Synonyms

  1. a herd of swine

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

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