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ἀπαγής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπαγής ἀπαγές

Structure: ἀπαγη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ph/gnumi

Sense

  1. not firm or stiff

Examples

  • ’ αὐτὸ μὲν γὰρ καθ’ ἑαυτὸ τὸ ὕδωρ εὐδιάχυτον καὶ ἀπαγὲσ καὶ ἀσύστατόν ἐστιν, ἐντείνεται δὲ καὶ συνάγεται τῷ ἀέρι σφιγγόμενον ὑπὸ ψυχρότητοσ διὸ καὶ λέλεκται εἰ δὲ νότοσ βορέην προκαλέσσεται, αὐτίκα νίψει. (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 114)

Synonyms

  1. not firm or stiff

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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