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ἀπόρρυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπόρρυτος

Structure: ἀπορρυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)porre/w

Sense

  1. running, with drains

Examples

  • ἐπὶ δ’ αἴθοπα πινέμεν οἶνον, ἐν σκιῇ ἑζόμενον, κεκορημένον ἦτορ ἐδωδῆσ, ἀντίον ἀκραέοσ Ζεφύρου τρέψαντα πρόσωπα, κρήνησ τ’ αἰενάου καὶ ἀπορρύτου, ἥτ’ ἀθόλωτοσ, τρὶσ ὕδατοσ προχέειν, τὸ δὲ τέτρατον ἱέμεν οἴνου. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 65:3)
  • κρήνησ ἀενάου καὶ ἀπορρύτου, ἥ τ’ ἀθόλωτοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 15 1:1)
  • καὶ καλῶσ Ἡσίοδοσ ἐπῄνεσε κρήνησ ἀενάου καὶ ἀπορρύτου, ἥ τ’ ἀθόλωτοσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 10:3)

Synonyms

  1. running

Related

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

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