Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

διθάλασσος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: διθάλασσος διθάλασση διθάλασσον

Structure: διθαλασς (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qa/lassa

Sense

  1. between two seas, where two seas meet

Examples

  • περιπεσόντεσ δὲ εἰσ τόπον διθάλασσον ἐπέκειλαν τὴν ναῦν, καὶ ἡ μὲν πρῷρα ἐρείσασα ἔμεινεν ἀσάλευτοσ, ἡ δὲ πρύμνα ἐλύετο ὑπὸ τῆσ βίασ. (, chapter 19 329:1)

Synonyms

  1. between two seas

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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