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ὠμοφάγος

ὠμοφάγος, eating raw flesh, carnivorous (parox.)

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ὠμοφάγων feminine genitive plural, masculine genitive plural, neuter genitive plural of ὠμοφάγος

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ὠμοφάγ-ος (parox.), ον,
  • eating raw flesh, carnivorous, of savage beasts, λέοντες, θῶες, λύκοι, Il. 5.782, 11.479, 16.157; θῆρες h.Ven. 124; of the Centaurs, Thgn. 542; of savage men, Th. 3.94, Str. 15.1.57, Porph. Abst. 1.13; of certain daemons, ὠμοφάγοι χθόνιοι PMag.Par. 1.1444; τὰ ὠ. carnivores, Hp. Vict. 2.49 cod.M, Arist. HA 608b25, PA 694a1; ὠ. χάρις (cf. ἀνδροβρώς) E. Ba. 139 (lyr.).
    • II rarely proparox. ὠμόφᾰγος, ον, Pass., eaten raw, of sacrifices offered to Dionysus, E. Fr. 472.12 (anap., τάς τʼ ὠμοφάγους δαίτας τελέσας codd. perh. rightly, cf. ὠμοφάγιον).

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