Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ψευδαμάμαξυς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψευδαμάμαξυς ψευδαμάμαξυος

Structure: ψευδαμαμαξυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a bastard vine

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ὦ Ζεῦ <Ζεῦ> μέγα βροντήσασ ἤ με ποίησον καπνὸν ἐξαίφνησ ἢ Προξενίδην ἢ τὸν Σέλλου τοῦτον τὸν ψευδαμάμαξυν. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parodos, monody5)

Synonyms

  1. a bastard vine

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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