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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

  • 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)

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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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