Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀπόγαιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπόγαιος ἀπόγαιη ἀπόγαιον

Structure: ἀπογαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gh=

Sense

  1. from land, a morning cable

Examples

  • " μᾶλλον μὲν οὖν ἐν ἀνέμῳ συμβαίνει τοῦτο, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν νηνεμίᾳ καὶ ἐν ἀπογαίοισ πνεύμασιν· (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 3 16:6)
  • ταῖσ δὲ τῶν ποταμῶν πληρώσεσι καὶ τῷ τοὺσ ἀπογαίουσ μὴ πνεῖν ὁμολογεῖ καὶ τὸ λεχθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ Ὀνησικρίτου· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 40:1)
  • φησὶ δ’ Ὀνησίκριτοσ τὴν πλείστην παραλίαν τὴν ταύτῃ πολὺ τὸ τεναγῶδεσ ἔχειν καὶ μάλιστα κατὰ τὰ στόματα τῶν ποταμῶν διά τε τὴν χοῦν καὶ τὰσ πλημμυρίδασ καὶ τὸ μὴ πνεῖν ἀπογαίουσ ἀλλ’ ὑπὸ τῶν πελαγίων ἀνέμων κατέχεσθαι τούτουσ τοὺσ τόπουσ τὸ πλέον. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 68:1)

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

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