μενοεικής
menoeikes
suited to the desires, satisfying, agreeable, to oneʼs taste
Appears 15 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μενοεικής, ές, (εἰκός, ἔοικα) A. suited to the desires, satisfying, agreeable, to oneʼs taste, mostly of meat and drink, δαίς, δεῖπνον, Il. 9.90, Od. 20.391; ἐδωδή 6.76; σῖτον καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ οἶνον . . ἐνθήσω μενοεικέʼ, ἅ κέν τοι λιμὸν ἐρύκοι 5.166; πάρα γὰρ μενοεικέα πολλὰ δαίνυσθαι Il. 9.227, cf. Od. 16.429; τῶν ἐξαιρεύμην μενοεικέα 14.232; τάφος μ. a plentiful funeral feast, Il. 23.29; μενοεικέα ὕλην great store of wood, ib.139; [δῶρα,] χάρις, 19.144, 23.650; καί σφιν μενοεικέα ληΐδα δῶκα Od. 13.273, cf. Phoc. 2.
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