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ἐφίδρωσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐφίδρωσις ἐφίδρωσεως

Structure: ἐφιδρωσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: i(dro/w

Sense

  1. superficial perspiration

Declension

Third 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

  • τὰσ γὰρ ἐφιδρώσεισ παρέχειν δοκεῖ τὸ θερμὸν ἀπαντῶντι τῷ ψυχρῷ περὶ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν σβεννύμενον. (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 25 4:1)
  • "ὡσ δ’ αὕτωσ καὶ τὰσ ῥύσεισ καὶ ἐφιδρώσεισ οἴνῳ καταπαύουσιν, ὡσ οὐδὲν ἧττον ἀλλὰ καὶ μᾶλλον τῆσ χιόνοσ ἱστάντι καὶ κρατύνοντι τῷ ψύχειν καὶ περιστέλλειν φερομένην τὴν ἕξιν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 4:4)

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

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