ὠμηςτής

A. 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.β/, 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 1, AP 9.524.25, cf. Plu. 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.)