ἄμπωτις
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἄμπωτις
Structure:
ἀμπωτι
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Etym.: a)napi/nomai, for a)na/pwtis
Sense
- a being sucked back, the ebb-tide
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- καὶ ἀπολείπεσθαι μὲν τὰ δένδρα πρὸσ τῆσ ἀμπώτεωσ ἐπὶ ξηροῦ, ἐπελθόντοσ δὲ τοῦ ὕδατοσ ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ πεφυκότα φαίνεσθαι· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 6, chapter 22 6:2)
- ἐπέρασε δὲ κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τῆσ ἀμπώτεωσ· (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 5:2)
- ἐπὰν δ’ ὁ τῆσ ἀμπώτεωσ ἔλθῃ χρόνοσ, τὸ μὲν ὑγρὸν ἐκ τοῦ κατ’ ὀλίγον διὰ τῶν κεχωσμένων λίθων καὶ φαράγγων ἀπορρεῖ, οἱ δ’ ἰχθῦσ ἐν τοῖσ κοιλώμασι καταλείπονται. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 15 4:2)
- τοὺσ δὲ τελευτήσαντασ θάπτουσι κατὰ μὲν τὸν τῆσ ἀμπώτεωσ καιρὸν ἐῶντεσ ἐρριμμένουσ, ὅταν δ’ ἡ πλημυρὶσ ἐπέλθῃ, ῥίπτουσιν εἰσ τὴν θάλατταν τὰ σώματα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 19 6:1)
- παρὰ δὲ τοῖσ πλησίον κατοικοῦσιν Ἰχθυοφάγοισ παραδέδοται λόγοσ, ἐκ προγόνων ἔχων φυλαττομένην τὴν φήμην, ὅτι μεγάλησ τινὸσ γενομένησ ἀμπώτεωσ ἐγεώθη τοῦ κόλπου πᾶσ ὁ τόποσ ὁ τὴν χλωρὰν ἔχων τοῦ τύπου πρόσοψιν, μεταπεσούσησ τῆσ θαλάττησ εἰσ τἀναντία μέρη, καὶ φανείσησ τῆσ ἐπὶ τῷ βυθῷ χέρσου πάλιν ἐπελθοῦσαν ἐξαίσιον πλήμην ἀποκαταστῆσαι τὸν πόρον εἰσ τὴν προϋπάρχουσαν τάξιν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 40 9:1)
