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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

  • ἔνθα δὴ καὶ καθεωρῶμεν λιμένασ τε πολλοὺσ περὶ πᾶσαν ἀκλύστουσ καὶ μεγάλουσ, ποταμούσ τε διαυγεῖσ ἐξιέντασ ἠρέμα εἰσ τὴν θάλασσαν, ἔτι δὲ λειμῶνασ καὶ ὕλασ καὶ ὄρνεα μουσικά, τὰ μὲν ἐπὶ τῶν ᾐόνων ᾄδοντα, πολλὰ δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν κλάδων ἀήρ τε κοῦφοσ καὶ εὔπνουσ περιεκέχυτο τὴν χώραν· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 5:4)
  • καίτοι λιμένασ μὲν εὑρ́οι τισ ἂν ἀκλύστουσ, οἷσ ἔνεστι πιστεύσαντασ ἀσφαλῶσ ὁρμεῖν, ἡλίκον ἄν ποτε ἀρθῇ τὸ πνεῦμα· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 42:2)

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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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