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ὄμπν-ιος

ompnios

of, relating to corn, nourishing

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What it meant

ὄμπν-ιος · ompn-ios — LSJ

of, relating to corn, nourishing

of or relating to corn, καρπός MoschioTrag. 6.10, Eratosth. 16.17 ; στάχυς A.R. 4.989, Lyc. 621 ; ἔργον husbandry, Call. Fr. 183 ; ὄμπνια . . Δήμητρος . . δῶρα Orph. Fr. 280 ; nourishing, Philet. ap.Sch. A.R. 4.989 : hence,

2

epith. of Demeter, Ὄμπνια, Ὄ. θεσμοφόρος Call. Aet. Oxy. 2079.10 [Fr. 1.10 Pf.] ; Ὄ. Δηώ Nonn. D. 11.213, cf. Hsch. s.v. ὄμπνιος λειμών, prob. in IG 2(2).1352 (ii A.D.): then in late Poets, Καίσαρος ὄμπνια μήτηρ ib. 14.1389i56, cf. BCH 11.161 (Lagina).

II well-fed, flourishing, large, huge

well-fed, flourishing : hence, large, ὄ. νέφος a huge cloud, S. Fr. 246 ; κτῆσις Lyc. 1264. [Ὄμπνια proparox., Hdn.Gr. 2.451 : formed like πότνια.]

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