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ἑξήρης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑξήρης ἑξήρες

Structure: ἑξηρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: A)/rw

Sense

  1. with six banks of oars

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ ἡ κομίζουσα ναῦσ ἑξήρησ τὸν στρατηγὸν συνεκλύσθη καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ πλεόντων οὐκ ἐλαττόνων ἢ πεντακοσίων τρεῖσ πρὸσ τοῖσ τριάκοντα μόνον διεσώθησαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 112 4:1)
  • Ἐφθάρησαν δὲ τοῦ μὲν Φιλίππου ναῦσ ἐν μὲν τῇ πρὸσ Ἄτταλον ναυμαχίᾳ δεκήρησ, ἐννήρησ, ἑπτήρησ, ἑξήρησ, τῶν δὲ λοιπῶν κατάφρακτοι μὲν δέκα καὶ τριημιολίαι τρεῖσ, λέμβοι δὲ πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι καὶ τὰ τούτων πληρώματα· (Polybius, Histories, book 16, chapter 7 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. with six banks of oars

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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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