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ἀγχιβαθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγχιβαθής ἀγχιβαθές

Structure: ἀγχιβαθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ba/qos

Sense

  1. deep near shore

Examples

  • δι’ ἃ δὴ τῶν μὲν λάβρων καὶ μεγάλων ποταμῶν τὰ μὲν χώματα μακρὰν συνίσταται, τὰ δὲ παρὰ τὴν χέρσον ἐστὶν ἀγχιβαθῆ, τῶν δ’ ἐλαττόνων καὶ πρᾴωσ ῥεόντων παρ’ αὐτὰσ τὰσ εἰσβολὰσ οἱ θῖνεσ συνίστανται. (Polybius, Histories, book 4, chapter 41 6:1)

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

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