ὠμηστής

ὠμησ-τής, οῦ, Dor. ὠμησ-τάς, ὁ, (ὠμός, ἔδω)

• 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, 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.)

ὠμηστής, ὁ, rohes Fleisch fressend ; οἰωνοί, κύνες, ἰχθύες, Il. 11.454, 22.67, 24.82 ; Κέρβερος Hes. Th. 311 ; auch mit einem fem. vrbdn, ἔχιδνα 300 ; κύνες Soph. Ant. 693 ; λέων Orac. bei Her. 5.92.2, wie Aesch. Ag. 801 ; u. absolut für λέων, Antistius 1 (VI.237); λύκος, θῆρες, Lycophr. 871, 955 ; αἰετός Ap.Rh. 3.852 ; dah. übh. der grausame, unmenschliche, ἀνήρ Il. 24.207 ; auch Bacchus heißt so in einem Hymn. (IX.524); vgl. ὠμάδιος u. Plut. coh. ira 13, Them. 13.

ὠμηστής

[ὠμός + ἔδω.]

Eating raw flesh, preying on carrion : οἰωνοί Il. 11.454, κύνες Il. 22.67, ἰχθύσιν Il. 24.82.

Applied to a human being : ὠμηστὴς ἀνὴρ ὅ γε Il. 24.207.

ὠμηστής (ὠμός, ἔδω): eating raw flesh, of animals; hence, cruel, savage, of men, Il. 24.207.

ὠμηστής ὠμ-ηστής, οῦ, ὁ, ὠμός, ἐσθίω

• eating raw flesh, Il., Aesch., Soph., etc.; with a fem., Ἔχιδνα ὠμηστής Hes.:—as a mark of savageness, brutality, ὠμ. καὶ ἄπιστος ἀνήρ Il.