Hellas Alive Dictionary - Λειψυδριον

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

Λειψύδριον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λειψύδριον Λειψύδριου

Structure: Λειψυδρι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: lei/pomai, u(/dwr

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ὁ μὲν Νεῖλοσ οὐχ ὡρισμένασ ἐποιεῖτο τὰσ ἀναβάσεισ, ἡ δὲ χώρα τὴν εὐκαρπίαν παρεσκεύαζεν ἀπὸ τῆσ ἐκείνου συμμετρίασ, εἰσ ὑποδοχὴν τοῦ πλεονάζοντοσ ὕδατοσ ὤρυξε τὴν λίμνην, ὅπωσ μήτε διὰ τὸ πλῆθοσ τῆσ ῥύσεωσ ἐπικλύζων ἀκαίρωσ τὴν χώραν ἕλη καὶ λίμνασ κατασκευάζῃ, μήτ’ ἐλάττω τοῦ συμφέροντοσ τὴν πλήρωσιν ποιούμενοσ τῇ λειψυδρίᾳ τοὺσ καρποὺσ λυμαίνηται. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 52 1:1)
διαφέρει δ’ οὐδὲν ἢ τῷ πλήθει τῶν ὑδάτων κατακλύζεσθαι τοὺσ καρπούσ, ἢ τῇ λειψυδρίᾳ τῷ δίψει διαφθείρεσθαι· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 1 20:8)

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

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