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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

  • τὸν δ’ ἀεὶ λινεῦντ’ ἐν ἀμφικλύστῳ Πανόσ τε ματρὸσ εὐνέτασ, φὼρ δίζῳοσ, ἶνίσ τ’ ἀνδροβρῶτοσ ἰλιοραιστᾶν ἦρ’ ἀρδίων ἐσ Τευκρίδ’ ἄγαγον τρίπορθον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 26 3:1)

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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