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ἀκρώρεια

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκρώρεια

Etym.: o)/ros

Sense

  1. a mountain-ridge

Examples

  • ὑπέρκειται δὲ τῶν Σάρδεων ὁ Τμῶλοσ, εὔδαιμον ὄροσ, ἐν τῇ ἀκρωρείᾳ σκοπὴν ἔχον, ἐξέδραν λευκοῦ λίθου, Περσῶν ἔργον, ἀφ’ οὗ κατοπτεύεται τὰ κύκλῳ πεδία καὶ μάλιστα τὸ Καϋστριανόν· (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 4 8:4)
  • ἡ δ’ ἀκρώρεια καλεῖται Ὄλυμποσ, ἔχουσα Ἀφροδίτησ Ἀκραίασ ναόν, ἄδυτον γυναιξὶ καὶ ἀόρατον. (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 6 6:10)

Synonyms

  1. a mountain-ridge

Related

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

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