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ἄβροχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄβροχος ἄβροχη ἄβροχον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + βροχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: bre/xw

Sense

  1. unwetted, unmoistened, wanting rain, waterless

Examples

  • ἔστι δὲ χειμάρρουσ ὥστ’ ἀβρόχοισ ἐμβαίνειν τοῖσ ποσίν, ἄλλοτε δὲ καὶ δίπλεθρον ἴσχειν πλάτοσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 4 6:8)

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

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