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ἀλσώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλσώδης ἀλσώδες

Structure: ἀλσωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)/lsos, ei)=dos

Sense

  1. like a grove

Examples

  • ἐκ τῆσ Βασανίτιδοσ ἐποίησαν τὰσ κώπασ σου, τὰ ἱερά σου ἐποίησαν ἐξ ἐλέφαντοσ, οἴκουσ ἀλσώδεισ ἀπὸ νήσων τῶν Χετιείμ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 27:6)
  • μή νυν μήτ’ ἀλσώδεισ ἵζου κρήνασ μήθ’ ὕπνῳ θελχθῇσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, anapests 1:15)
  • Νίκανδροσ δ’ ὁ Θυατειρηνὸσ καλεῖσθαί φησι ψυκτῆρασ καὶ τοὺσ ἀλσώδεισ καὶ συσκίουσ τόπουσ τοὺσ τοῖσ θεοῖσ ἀνειμένουσ, ἐν οἷσ ἔστιν ἀναψῦξαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 109 2:5)

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

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