The corpus record

ὠμηστής

omestes · ὁ

eating raw flesh

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Where it lives

Ion 2 · 4.99/10k
Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

eating raw flesh

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.βʹ, A. Ag. 827 (as a noun, of a lion, AP 6.237 (Antist.)); αἰετός A.R. 2.1259; ὄφις (sc. Ἔχιδνα) ὠμηστής Hes. Th. 300; epith. of Dionysus, = ὠμάδιος I, AP 9.524.25, cf. Plu. Cohib. 2.462b (of ἄκρατος). Adv. -τί Zonar.

2 savage, brutal

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.)

In the wild

ὠμηστὴς · ōmēstēs Aeschylus, Agamemnon 827–828
ὠμηστήν · ōmēstēn Herodotus, Histories 5.92B.3 (DIORISIS sentence 5973)
ὠμηστὴν · ōmēstēn Theogony 295–300
ὠμηστήν · ōmēstēn Theogony 310–312
ὠμησταὶ · ōmēstai Iliad 11.454
ὠμησταὶ · ōmēstai Iliad 22.67

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Where it came from

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