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ἄκλυστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄκλυστος ἄκλυστη ἄκλυστον

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

Etym.: klu/zw

Sense

  1. unwashed by waves

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ λιμὴν μέγασ καὶ εὔκυκλοσ καὶ βαθὺσ καὶ ἄκλυστοσ, ὁ δὲ ἔσπλοοσ ἐσ αὐτὸν στεινόσ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 22 5:1)
  • ὁ δὲ Ταραντῖνοσ οὐ παντελῶσ ἐστιν ἄκλυστοσ διὰ τὸ ἀναπεπτάσθαι, καί τινα καὶ προσβραχῆ ἔχει τὰ περὶ τὸν μυχόν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 6, chapter 3 12:13)

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

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