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ὠμοφάγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠμοφάγος ὠμοφάγον

Structure: ὠμοφαγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: w)mo/s, fagei=n

Sense

  1. eating raw flesh, carnivorous

Examples

  • τοιοῦτοσ δὲ οἱο͂σ ὁ Κύκλωψ ἐστί, κινάβρασ ἀπόζων ὥσπερ τράγοσ, ὠμοφάγοσ, ὥσ φασι, καὶ σιτούμενοσ τοὺσ ἐπιδημοῦντασ τῶν ξένων, σοὶ γένοιτο καὶ σὺ ἀντερῴησ αὐτοῦ. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, doris and galataea, chapter 55)
  • ὡσ δ’ ὁπότ’ ἠυγένειοσ ἀπόπροθι λῖσ ἐσακούσασ, νεβροῦ φθεγξαμένασ τισ ἐν οὔρεσιν ὠμοφάγοσ λῖσ ἐξ εὐνᾶσ ἔσπευσεν ἑτοιμοτάταν ἐπὶ δαῖτα· (Theocritus, Idylls, 22)

Synonyms

  1. eating raw flesh

Related

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

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