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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

  • "λυπεῖ δ ἧττον τὰ χλωρὰ τῶν ξηρῶν καὶ τὰ βεβρεγμένα τῶν ἀβρόχων καὶ τὰ πεφρυγμένα τῶν ὠμῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 41 2:3)
  • κρείττους δ οἱ λευκοὶ τῶν μελάνων καὶ πυξοειδεῖς καὶ οἱ Μιλήσιοι τῶν λεγομένων κριῶν οἵ τε χλωροὶ τῶν ξηρῶν καὶ οἱ βεβρεγμένοι τῶν ἀβρόχων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 44 3:4)

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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