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ἄβροχος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: abrochos

Principal Part: ἄβροχος ἄβροχη ἄβροχον

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

Etym.: βρέχω

Sense

  1. unwetted, unmoistened, wanting rain, waterless

Examples

  • μία μοι ἴσως ἐκείνη ἄγκυρα ἔτι ἄβροχος, ὀδύρεσθαι τὸ γῆρας καὶ τὴν νόσον καὶ μετὰ τούτων τὴν πενίαν πάντα ποιεῖν καὶ πάσχειν ἀναπείθουσαν, ὡς ἐκφύγοι τις αὐτήν: (Lucian, Apologia 23:1)
  • εἰς τὸν πόκον Γεδεών εἷς πόκος ὄμβρον ἔχει λεκάνῃ δρόσον ὤπασεν αὐτός, ἄβροχος αὐτὸς ὅδε: (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 581)

Related

명사

형용사

동사

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

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