Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄνομβρος

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄνομβρος

Sense

  1. without rain, not fed by showers

Examples

  • δεύτερον δὲ ὅτι ἄνομβροσ ἡ χώρη καὶ ἀκρύσταλλοσ διατελέει ἐοῦσα, ἐπὶ δὲ χιόνι πεσούσῃ πᾶσα ἀνάγκη ἐστὶ ὗσαι ἐν πέντε ἡμέρῃσι, ὥστε, εἰ ἐχιόνιζε, ὑέτο ἂν ταῦτα τὰ χωρία· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 22 4:1)
  • ὁ δὲ Νεῖλοσ ἐὼν ἄνομβροσ, ἑλκόμενοσ δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου μοῦνοσ ποταμῶν τοῦτον τὸν χρόνον, οἰκότωσ αὐτὸσ ἑωυτοῦ ῥέει πολλῷ ὑποδεέστεροσ ἢ τοῦ θέρεοσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 25 6:1)
  • ὑπὲρ δὲ τῆσ ὀφρύησ τὸ πρὸσ νότου καὶ ἐσ μεσόγαιαν τῆσ Λιβύησ ἔρημοσ καὶ ἄνυδροσ καὶ ἄθηροσ καὶ ἄνομβροσ καὶ ἄξυλοσ ἐστὶ ἡ χώρη, καὶ ἰκμάδοσ ἐστὶ ἐν αὐτῇ οὐδέν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 185 3:2)

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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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