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ἀλίμενος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλίμενος

Structure: ἀλιμεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: limh/n

Sense

  1. without harbour, harbourless
  2. without shelter, inhospitable

Examples

  • οἱ δὲ τῶν Ῥωμαίων στόλοι, τοῦ χειμῶνοσ ἐπιγενομένου καὶ τῶν τόπων εἰσ τέλοσ ὑπαρχόντων ἀλιμένων, οὕτωσ διεφθάρησαν ὥστε μηδὲ τῶν ναυαγίων μηδὲν γενέσθαι χρήσιμον, ἀλλ’ ἀμφοτέρουσ αὐτοὺσ ἄρδην καὶ παραλόγωσ ἀχρειωθῆναι. (Polybius, Histories, book 1, chapter 54 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. without shelter

Related

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

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