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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

  • ἀμφὶ δὲ σοὶ κτυπεῖται Κιθαιρώνιοσ ἠχώ, μελάμφυλλά τ’ ὄρη δάσκια καὶ νάπαι πετρώδεισ βρέμονται· (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 31)
  • λεῦσσέ με τὸν Γᾶσ τε βαθυστέρνου ἄνακτ’, Ἀκμονίδαν τ’ ἄλλυδισ ἑδράσαντα, μηδὲ τρέσῃσ, εἰ τόσοσ ὢν δάσκια βέβριθα λάχνᾳ γένεια. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 241)

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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