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διωρυχή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: διωρυχή

Structure: διωρυχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: dioru/ssw

Sense

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Declension

First 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

  • τῇ τρίτῃ δὲ ἄραντεσ ἔπλωον ἔστε ἐπὶ διώρυχα ἄλλην σταδίουσ τριήκοντα, ἁλμυρὴν ἤδη ταύτην τὴν διώρυχα· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 21 4:1)
  • ἀλλὰ ἵναπερ μαλθακὸν ἦν τοῦ ἑρ́ματοσ, ταύτῃ διώρυχα ποιήσαντεσ ἐπὶ σταδίουσ πέντε, διῆγον τὰσ νέασ, ἐπειδὴ ἡ πλήμμυρα ἐπῆλθεν ἡ ἐκ τοῦ πόντου. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 21 7:1)
  • ἐσ δὲ τὴν ὑστεραίην ἔπλωον νῆσον ἐν ἀριστερῇ ἔχοντεσ πρὸ τοῦ πελάγεοσ οὕτω τι τῷ αἰγιαλῷ συναφέα ὥστε εἰκάσαι ἂν διώρυχα εἶναι τὸ μέσον τοῦ τε αἰγιαλοῦ καὶ τῆσ νήσου· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 22 7:1)
  • τὰ μὲν γὰρ ὑποφεύγων καὶ ὑπάγων, τὰ δὲ ἀντιπεριχωρῶν, ἐμβάλλει τὸ πλῆθοσ αὐτῶν εἰσ τόπον ἔχοντα διώρυχα βαθεῖαν ἐξ ἑκατέρασ πλευρᾶσ παραρρέουσαν, ὧν τὸ μέσον ἐμφράξασ καὶ καταλαβὼν τῷ μετώπῳ τῆσ φάλαγγοσ ἐξίσωσε πρὸσ τοὺσ μαχομένουσ τῶν πολεμίων τὸ πλῆθοσ, οὐκ ἔχοντασ περιδρομὴν καὶ κύκλωσιν. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 39 4:1)

Synonyms

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

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