Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄσκιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄσκιος ἀσκίᾱ ἄσκιον

Structure: ἀσκι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: skia/

Sense

  1. shadowless

Examples

  • ἁ πάροσ ἄδμητοσ καὶ ἀνέμβατοσ, ὦ Λακεδαῖμον, καπνὸν ἐπ’ Εὐρώτᾳ δέρκεαι Ὠλένιον, ἄσκιοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 7231)
  • τὸν μὲν γὰρ τροπικὸν κατὰ Συήνην κεῖσθαι συμβαίνει, διότι ἐνταῦθα κατὰ τὰσ θερινὰσ τροπὰσ ἄσκιόσ ἐστιν ὁ γνώμων μέσησ ἡμέρασ· (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 5 14:8)

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