ὠμηστής

English (LSJ)

οῦ, Dor. ὠμησ-τάς, ὁ, (ὠμός, ἔδω)

   A eating raw flesh, οἰωνοί Il.11.454; κύνες 22.67, S.Ant.697; ἰχθύες Il.24.82; Κέρβερος Hes.Th.311; λέων B.12.46, Orac. ap. Hdt. 5.92.β, A.Ag.827 (as a noun, of a lion, AP6.237 (Antist.)); αἰετός A.R.2.1259; ὄφις (sc. Ἔχιδνα) ὠμηστής Hes.Th.300; epith. of Dionysus, = ὠμάδιος 1, AP9.524.25, cf. Plu.2.462b (of ἄκρατος). Adv. -τί Zonar.    2 savage, brutal, ὠ. καὶ ἄπιστος ἀνήρ Il.24.207, cf. Plu. Ant.24. (Aristarch. pronounced it ὠμησταί like ἀθληταί; Tyrannio ὠμῆσται like κομῆται, Sch.Il.22.67.)