ὠμηστής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οῦ, Dor. ὠμησ-τάς, ὁ, (ὠμός, ἔδω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">eating raw flesh</b>, 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>.<b class="b3">β</b>, <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>; <b class="b3">ὄφις</b> (sc. <b class="b3">Ἔχιδνα</b>) ὠμηστής <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>300</span>; epith. of Dionysus, = [[ὠμάδιος]] <span class="bibl">1</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.524.25, cf. Plu.2.462b (of <b class="b3">ἄκρατος</b>). Adv. -τί Zonar. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">savage, brutal</b>, ὠ. 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 <b class="b3">ὠμησταί</b> like [[ἀθληταί]]; Tyrannio <b class="b3">ὠμῆσται</b> like [[κομῆται]], Sch.<span class="bibl">Il.22.67</span>.)</span>