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ἐμβύθιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐμβύθιος ἐμβύθιᾱ ἐμβύθιον

Structure: ἐμβυθι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)n, buqo/s

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Examples

  • ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐμβύθιοσ πίννα διαυγεστάτην καὶ καθαρωτάτην καὶ μεγάλην γεννᾷ μαργαρῖτιν, ἡ δὲ ἐπιπολάζουσα καὶ ἀνωφερὴσ διὰ τὸ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου ἀκτινοβολεῖσθαι δύσχρουσ καὶ ἥσσων· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 46 3:2)

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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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