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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

  • ὅθ’ εἱρ͂πε κλεινὴν Εὐρύτου πέρσασ πόλιν, νίκησ ἄγων τροπαῖα κἀκροθίνια, ἀκτή τισ ἀμφίκλυστοσ Εὐβοίασ ἄκρον Κήναιόν ἐστιν, ἔνθα πατρῴῳ Διὶ βωμοὺσ ὁρίζει τεμενίαν τε φυλλάδα· (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 4:2)

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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