Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὠμοδακής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠμοδακής ὠμοδακές

Structure: ὠμοδακη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: da/knw

Sense

  1. fiercely gnawing

Examples

  • ὠμοδακήσ σ’ ἄγαν ἵμεροσ ἐξοτρύ‐ νει πικρόκαρπον ἀνδροκτασίαν τελεῖν αἵματοσ οὐ θεμιστοῦ. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 11)

Synonyms

  1. fiercely gnawing

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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