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σκνιποφάγος

From LSJ

Quibus enim nihil est in ipsis opis ad bene beateque vivendum → Every age is burdensome to those who have no means of living well and happily

Cicero, de Senectute
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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].