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δέρρις

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δέρρις

Etym.: de/ros

Sense

  1. a leathern covering, screens of hide

Examples

  • νῦν δὲ παρ’ ἥβην κηρύσσει πόλεμον δέρρισ ὀπισθοβάταισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 332)
  • ὅτι ἀντικρὺ Κανάστρου, ἄκρου τῆσ Παλλήνησ, ἡ Δέρρισ ἐστὶν ἄκρα πλησίον Κωφοῦ λιμένοσ, καὶ ὁ Τορωναῖοσ κόλποσ ὑπὸ τούτων ἀφορίζεται. (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter fragments 74:1)
  • τὰ δὲ ἄκρα Ποσείδιον μὲν τὸ μεταξὺ Μαλιακοῦ καὶ Παγασιτικοῦ, τὸ δὲ ἐφεξῆσ πρὸσ βορρᾶν Σηπιάσ, εἶτα τὸ ἐν Παλλήνῃ Κάναστρον, εἶτα Δέρρισ, εἶτα Νυμφαῖον ἐν τῷ Ἄθωνι πρὸσ τῷ Σιγγιτικῷ, τὸ δὲ πρὸσ τῷ Στρυμονικῷ Ἀκράθωσ ἄκρον, ὧν μεταξὺ ὁ Ἄθων, οὗ πρὸσ ἀνατολὰσ ἡ Λῆμνοσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter fragments 74:3)
  • εἶθ’ ὁ Δέρρισ λιμὴν καλούμενοσ οὕτωσ διὰ τὴν πλησίον πέτραν μέλαιναν δέρρει ἐοικυῖαν· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 1 27:13)

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

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