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ἄβυσσος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: abyssos

Principal Part: ἄβυσσος ἄβυσσος ἄβυσσον

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

Etym.: For the Root, v. βαθύς.

Sense

  1. bottomless, boundless
  2. unfathomable

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • διέρρηξε πέτραν ἐν ἐρήμῳ καὶ ἐπότισεν αὐτοὺς ὡς ἐν ἀβύσσῳ πολλῇ (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 77:15)
  • καὶ ἐπετίμησε τῇ ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ ἐξηράνθη, καὶ ὡδήγησεν αὐτοὺς ἐν ἀβύσσῳ ὡς ἐν ἐρήμῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 105:9)
  • ὁ λέγων τῇ ἀβύσσῳ. ἐρημωθήσῃ, καὶ τοὺς ποταμούς σου ξηρανῶ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 44:27)

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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