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Διϊπετής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Διϊπετής Διϊπετές

Structure: Διϊπετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pe/tomai

Sense

  1. hovering in air

Examples

  • ἐγὼ γὰρ ὡσ μὲν ἅπαντά τισ ἂν προσθείη τε καὶ χρὴ Διὶ, καὶ Νεῖλον ἂν δοίην εἶναι διιπετῆ καὶ ἔργον ἐκείνου, ἐπεὶ καὶ πατέρα αὐτὸν ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε καλοῦμεν Ὁμήρου καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ῥῆμα φθεγγομένου, καίτοι τῶν θεῶν, ἀλλ’ οὐ πάντων πατὴρ αὐτῶν τῶν θεῶν ἐστι κατ’ αὐτοὺσ τοὺσ ποιητὰσ, καὶ οὐ δή που βιάσαιτ’ ἄν τισ καὶ τὸν Ποσειδῶ τούτου χάριν υἱὸν εἶναι Διὸσ καὶ τὴν Ἥραν θυγατέρα, καὶ ταῦτα Ὁμήρῳ δοκεῖν· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 28:15)
  • ἄλλωσ γὰρ ἂν τὸν χειμάρρουν ἀκούοι τισ διιπετῆ καὶ ἄλλωσ τὸν ἀέναον· (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 60:7)
  • οὕτωσ ἐξοχὴ ἐπὶ ἐξοχῇ συντρέχει ἐπὶ τοῦ διιπετῆ τὸν Νεῖλον λέγεσθαι. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 60:10)

Synonyms

  1. hovering in air

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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