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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

  • ποταμῶν τε ὁ κάλλιστοσ καὶ ἀξιολογώτατοσ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἄρα διιπετὴσ Νεῖλοσ ἦν, ἅτε δὴ μιμούμενοσ τὸν πατέρα, καὶ οἱο͂ν ὕπαρχοσ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ τῶν κατ’ Αἴγυπτον τεταγμένοσ, ἀντὶ τῶν Διὸσ ὄμβρων αὐτὸσ ἔπεισι καὶ πληροῖ τὴν γῆν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 8:2)
  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ χειμάρρουσ ὑπερβέβληται τοὺσ ἄλλουσ ποταμοὺσ τῷ διιπετὴσ εἶναι· (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 60:11)

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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