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ἄσκιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄσκιος ἀσκίᾱ ἄσκιον

Structure: ἀσκι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: skia/

Sense

  1. shadowless

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ καὶ ἐν Συήνῃ τῇ Αἰγυπτίῃ, ἐπεὰν τροπὰσ ἄγῃ θέρεοσ ὡρ́ῃ ὁ ἥλιοσ, φρέαρ ἀποδεδειγμένον ἐστί, καὶ τοῦτο ἄσκιον ἐν μεσαμβρίῃ φαίνεται· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 25 7:2)
  • τὸν δὲ Καύνιον ἐκεῖνον ἐξ ἐξανευρών, ὃσ ἐπέδωκε τὸ ἀσκίον, ἐξ ἀδόξου καὶ πένητοσ ἔντιμον καὶ πλούσιον ἐποίησεν· (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 14 1:2)
  • ἔνιοι δὲ καὶ ἀσκίον θερμοῦ ἐλαίου ἐπιτιθέναι αὐτὸν τῷ στομάχῳ φασί· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. a'. ARISTOTELHS 16:7)
  • συνεχῆ δὲ τοῦ Ποσειδίου φοινικῶνα εἶναι εὐύδρον, τιμᾶσθαί τε κομιδῆ διὰ τὸ πᾶσαν τὴν κύκλῳ καυματηράν τε καὶ ἄνυδρον καὶ ἄσκιον ὑπάρχειν, ἐνταῦθα δὲ καὶ τὴν εὐκαρπίαν τῶν φοινίκων εἶναι θαυμαστήν· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 35:4)

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