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σκνιποφάγος

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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7
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Full diacritics: σκνῑποφάγος Medium diacritics: σκνιποφάγος Low diacritics: σκνιποφάγος Capitals: ΣΚΝΙΠΟΦΑΓΟΣ
Transliteration A: sknipophágos Transliteration B: sknipophagos Transliteration C: sknipofagos Beta Code: sknipofa/gos

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], ον, eating σκνῖπες, Arist.HA593a3.

German (Pape)

[Seite 901] Arist. H. A. 8, 3.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

σκνῑποφάγος: (ᾰ) σκνίψ поедающий древоточцев (sc. ὄρνις Arst.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σκνῑποφάγος: [ᾰ], -ον, ὁ ἐσθίων σκνῖπας, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. 8. 3, 7.

Greek Monolingual

-ον, Α
αυτός που τρώει σκνίπες.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < σκνίψ, σκνιπός «σκνίπα» + -φάγος].