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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

  • μόλισ οὖν ἐπιτυγχάνει τῶν Καυνίων ἐκείνων τῶν κακοβίων ἑνὸσ ἐν ἀσκίῳ φαύλῳ διεφθαρμένον ὕδωρ καὶ πονηρὸν ἔχοντοσ, ὅσον ὀκτὼ κοτύλασ καὶ λαβὼν τοῦτο καὶ κομίσασ τῷ βασιλεῖ δίδωσιν. (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 12 3:2)

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