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ἀμφίαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφίαλος ἀμφίαλη ἀμφίαλον

Structure: ἀμφιαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a(/ls

Sense

  1. sea-girt
  2. between two seas, bimaris

Examples

  • εἶθ’ ἡ ἄκρα ἡ Ἀμφιάλη καὶ τὸ ὑπερκείμενον λατόμιον καὶ ὁ εἰσ Σαλαμῖνα πορθμὸσ ὅσον διστάδιοσ, ὃν διαχοῦν ἐπειρᾶτο Ξέρξησ, ἔφθη δὲ ἡ ναυμαχία γενομένη καὶ φυγὴ τῶν Περσῶν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 1 19:2)

Synonyms

  1. sea-girt

  2. between two seas

Related

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

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