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ἀγχιτέρμων

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγχιτέρμων ἀγχιτέρμον

Structure: ἀγχιτερμων (Stem)

Etym.: te/rma

Sense

  1. near the borders, neighbouring

Examples

  • φησὶ γὰρ μήτε ἐγγυτέρω τοῖσ Αἰθίοψιν εἶναι τὸν ἥλιον ἢ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον κατὰ κάθετον εἶναι, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐπικαίεσθαι πλέον, ὥστ’ οὐκ εὖ λέγεσθαι ἀγχιτέρμονα αὐτοῖσ τὸν ἥλιον ἴσον πάντων διέχοντα· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 48:5)

Synonyms

  1. near the borders

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

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