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δάσκιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δάσκιος

Structure: δασκι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: da-, skia/

Sense

  1. thick-shaded, bushy

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τρομέει δὲ κάρηνα ὑψηλῶν ὀρέων, ἰάχει δ’ ἔπι δάσκιοσ ὕλη δεινὸν ὑπὸ κλαγγῆσ θηρῶν, φρίσσει δέ τε γαῖα πόντοσ τ’ ἰχθυόεισ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:2)
  • τὸν μέν τ’ ἠλίβατοσ πέτρη καὶ δάσκιοσ ὕλη εἰρύσατ’, οὐδ’ ἄρα τέ σφι κιχήμεναι αἴσιμον ἠε͂ν· (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 28:7)

Synonyms

  1. thick-shaded

Related

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

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