Δημοβόρος

people-devouring

Translated by Carl Widstrand8 Jan 2000Vetting: high7 revisions

10 words

[Meaning] one who is eating what belongs to the people.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δημοβόρος· ὁ τὰ δημόσια ἐσθίων.

Betacode

*dhmobo/ros: o( ta\ dhmo/sia e)sqi/wn.

An adjective applied to Agamemnon by Achilles in Homer, Iliad 1.231 (web address 1). This gloss comes from the scholia there; it is also in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon.