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ἀμόργινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμόργινος ἀμόργινη ἀμόργινον

Structure: ἀμοργιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from a)morgi/s

Sense

  1. made of Amorgian flax

Examples

  • Κρατίνῳ τῷ Τιμοθέου μὲν ἀδελφῷ, ἐμῷ δ’ ἑταίρῳ, θώρακα δωρησώμεθα ὁπλιτικὸν τῶν μαλακῶν τῶν πεζῶν, καὶ ταῖσ κέβητοσ θυγατράσι χιτώνια τρία ἑπταπήχη, μὴ τῶν πολυτελῶν τῶν Ἀμοργίνων, ἀλλὰ τῶν Σικελικῶν τῶν λινῶν. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 13 27:1)

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

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