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ἀγάρροος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγάρροος

Structure: ἀγαρρο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gan r(e/w

Sense

  1. strong-flowing, swift-flowing

Examples

  • αὐτὰρ Θρήϊκασ ἦγ’ Ἀκάμασ καὶ Πείροοσ ἡρ́ωσ ὅσσουσ Ἑλλήσποντοσ ἀγάρροοσ ἐντὸσ ἐέργει. (Homer, Iliad, Book 2 92:1)
  • οὗτοσ δὲ τῶν Θρᾳκῶν ἡγεῖτο ὅσσουσ Ἑλλήσποντοσ ἀγάρροοσ ἐντὸσ ἐέργει· (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter fragments 124:9)

Synonyms

  1. strong-flowing

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

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