Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

διασφάξ

Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: διασφάξ

Etym.: -sfa/zw

Sense

  1. any opening made by violence, a cleft, rocky gorge

Examples

  • τοῦ δὲ ὄρεοσ τὸ περικληίει τὴν γῆν τὴν Τρηχινίην ἐστὶ διασφὰξ πρὸσ μεσαμβρίην Τρηχῖνοσ, διὰ δὲ τῆσ διασφάγοσ Ἀσωπὸσ ποταμὸσ ῥέει παρὰ τὴν ὑπωρείαν τοῦ ὄρεοσ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 199 2:4)

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

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