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ἀντεξόρμησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀντεξόρμησις

Structure: ἀντεξορμησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)corma/w

Sense

  1. a sailing against, a mode of attack

Examples

  • τῶν τε γὰρ πληγῶν τὸν ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆσ τόνον ἀμαυρῶσαι, καὶ τὴν μάλιστα τοὺσ πολλοὺσ ἐν τῷ συμφέρεσθαι τοῖσ πολεμίοισ πληροῦσαν ἐνθουσιασμοῦ καὶ φορᾶσ ἀντεξόρμησιν, ἅμα κραυγῇ καὶ δρόμῳ τὸν θυμὸν αὔξουσαν, ἀφελόντα πῆξαι καὶ καταψῦξαι τοὺσ ἄνδρασ, ἦσαν δὲ οἱ μὲν μετὰ Καίσαροσ δισχίλιοι πρὸσ δισμυρίοισ, οἱ δὲ μετὰ Πομπηϊού βραχεῖ πλείονεσ ἢ διπλάσιοι τούτων. (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 69 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. a sailing against

Similar forms

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

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