ὠμηστής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οῦ, Dor. [[ὠμηστάς]], ὁ, ([[ὠμός]], ἔδω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[eating raw flesh]], οἰωνοί <span class="bibl">Il.11.454</span>; κύνες <span class="bibl">22.67</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>697</span>; ἰχθύες <span class="bibl">Il.24.82</span>; [[Κέρβερος]] <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>311</span>; λέων <span class="bibl">B.12.46</span>, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 5.92</span>.[[β]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>827</span> (as a noun, of a lion, <span class="title">AP</span>6.237 (Antist.)); αἰετός <span class="bibl">A.R.2.1259</span>; [[ὄφις]] (sc. [[Ἔχιδνα]]) ὠμηστής <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>300</span>; [[epithet]] of Dionysus, = [[ὠμάδιος]] ''1'', <span class="title">AP</span>9.524.25, cf. Plu.2.462b (of [[ἄκρατος]]). Adv. [[ὠμηστί]] Zonar. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[savage]], [[brutal]], ὠμηστής καὶ ἄπιστος ἀνήρ <span class="bibl">Il.24.207</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Ant.</span>24</span>. (Aristarch. pronounced it [[ὠμησταί]] like [[ἀθληταί]]; Tyrannio [[ὠμῆσται]] like [[κομῆται]], Sch.<span class="bibl">Il.22.67</span>.)</span>