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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

  • ὅτι δὲ τὸ ἐκψύχεσθαι οὐ πήγνυσι μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ τήκει τὰ σώματα, δῆλόν ἐστιν ἐν μὲν γὰρ τοῖσ μεγάλοισ χειμῶσιν ἀκόναι μολίβδου διατηκόμεναι τό τε τῆσ ἐφιδρώσεωσ καὶ τὸ πολλοῖσ μὴ πεινῶσι συμπίπτειν τὴν βουλιμίασιν ἀραίωσιν κατηγορεῖ μᾶλλον καὶ ῥύσιν ἢ πύκνωσιν τοῦ σώματοσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 6, 31:1)

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

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