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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

  • ἄγαλμα δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲ ἀνάθημα τὸ παράπαν οὐδὲ φύτευμα παντελῶσ οὐδὲν οἱο͂ν ἀλσῶδεσ ἤ τι τοιοῦτον. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 221:1)
  • τὸ δ’ ἐστὶ γυμνάσιον προάστειον ἀλσῶδεσ ἀπό τινοσ ἡρ́ωοσ ὀνομασθὲν Ἑκαδήμου, καθὰ καὶ Εὔπολισ ἐν Ἀστρατεύτοισ φησίν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 6:5)

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

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