Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δύσορμος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύσορμος δύσορμον

Structure: δυσορμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with bad anchorage, rough, where one can scarce get footing
  2. that detained, in harbour

Examples

  • ἔστι δ’ ἡ χώρα τὰ μὲν ἄλλα περιστεφὴσ ὄρεσιν αὐλὼν δ’ ἀναπέπταται πρὸσ τὴν θάλατταν, ἔνθα τὰ ἕλη καταδίδωσι τοῦ ποταμοῦ περιχεομένου, καὶ θῖνασ ἄμμου βαθείασ ἔχει, καὶ τελευτᾷ πρὸσ αἰγιαλὸν κυματώδη καὶ δύσορμον. (Plutarch, Fabius Maximus, chapter 6 2:1)
  • Πομπήιοσ μὲν οὖν ἐν Μεσσήνῃ λιμένων ἔνδον ἦν, αἱ δὲ τοῦ Καίσαροσ νῆεσ αὖθισ περὶ τραχεῖαν ἀκτὴν καὶ δύσορμον ἀρασσόμεναι ταῖσ τε πέτραισ καὶ ἀλλήλαισ ἐπεφέροντο, οὐδὲ τῶν πληρωμάτων σφίσιν ὥστε διακρατεῖν ἐντελῶν ὄντων. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 10 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. that detained

Related

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

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