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ἀντρώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀντρώδης ἀντρώδες

Structure: ἀντρωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. full of caves

Examples

  • καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ Ἱερεμίασ εὗρεν οἶκον ἀντρώδη καὶ τὴν σκηνὴν καὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν καὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τοῦ θυμιάματοσ εἰσήνεγκεν ἐκεῖ καὶ τὴν θύραν ἐνέφραξε. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 2:5)
  • καὶ τότε ἔλεγον ὅτι τυγχάνοιεν φρύγανα συλλέγοντεσ ὡσ ἐπὶ πῦρ, κἄπειτα κατίδοιεν ἐν τῷ πέραν ἐν πέτραισ καθηκούσαισ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν τὸν ποταμὸν γέροντά τε καὶ γυναῖκα καὶ παιδίσκασ ὥσπερ μαρσίπουσ ἱματίων κατατιθεμένουσ ἐν πέτρᾳ ἀντρώδει. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 3 13:1)

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

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