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βαθυσκαφής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βαθυσκαφής βαθυσκαφές

Structure: βαθυσκαφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ska/ptw

Sense

  1. deep-dug

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἢ πνοαῖσιν ἢ βαθυσκαφεῖ κόνει κρύψον νιν, ἔνθα μή ποτ’ εἰσ εὐνὴν πατρὸσ τούτων πρόσεισι μηδέν· (Sophocles, episode 7:3)

Synonyms

  1. deep-dug

Similar forms

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

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