Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀμφίκλυστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφίκλυστος

Structure: ἀμφικλυστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: klu/zw

Sense

  1. washed on both sides by the waves

Examples

  • ἔστι δὲ χλαμυδοειδὲσ τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ ἐδάφουσ τῆσ πόλεωσ, οὗ τὰ μὲν ἐπὶ μῆκοσ πλευρά ἐστι τὰ ἀμφίκλυστα ὅσον τριάκοντα σταδίων ἔχοντα διάμετρον, τὰ δὲ ἐπὶ πλάτοσ οἱ ἰσθμοί, ἑπτὰ ἢ ὀκτὼ σταδίων ἑκάτεροσ, σφιγγόμενοσ τῇ μὲν ὑπὸ θαλάττησ τῇ δ’ ὑπὸ τῆσ λίμνησ. (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 1 16:1)

Synonyms

  1. washed on both sides by the waves

Related

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

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