COMPOUND: ὠμηστής, -οῦ
CATEGORIZATION: A [A+V+Suf] 
MEANING: ‘eating raw flesh’
ETYMOLOGY: adj. root ὠμ- (ὠμός, -ή,-όν) ‘raw, crude’ + verbal root ἠσ- < ἐδ- (ἔδω) ‘eat, eat up, devour‘ + suf. –τής, -οῦ
OCCURRENCE: Il. XI, 454; XXII, 67; XXIV, 82, 207
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., nom. m. pl., dat. m. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (argument-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: lengthening -ε- > -η- in compounding