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ἄβυσσος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄβυσσος ἄβυσσος ἄβυσσον

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

Etym.: For the Root, v. baqu/s.

Sense

  1. bottomless, boundless
  2. unfathomable

Examples

  • εἴδοσάν σε ὕδατα, ὁ Θεόσ, εἴδοσάν σε ὕδατα καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν, ἐταράχθησαν ἄβυσσοι, (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 76:17)
  • αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ, δράκοντεσ καὶ πᾶσαι ἄβυσσοι. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 148:7)
  • ἐν αἰσθήσει ἄβυσσοι ἐρράγησαν, νέφη δὲ ἐρρύησαν δρόσουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 3:20)
  • ὡσ δὲ ἄβυσσοι εἰσι αἱ πηγαί, ἐσ διάπειραν ἔφη τούτου Ψαμμήτιχον Αἰγύπτου βασιλέα ἀπικέσθαι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 28 5:1)

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