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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

  • νῦν μὲν οὖν συμπεπολισμένων τῷ τεμένει τῶν πέριξ χωρίων δυσείκαστοσ γέγονεν ἡ παλαιὰ τοῦ τόπου φύσισ, ἦν δὲ τὸ ἀρχαῖον ὡσ λέγεται σπήλαιον ὑπὸ τῷ λόφῳ μέγα, δρυμῷ λασίῳ κατηρεφέσ, καὶ κρηνίδεσ ὑπὸ ταῖσ πέτραισ ἐμβύθιοι, ἥ τε προσεχὴσ τῷ κρημνῷ νάπη πυκνοῖσ καὶ μεγάλοισ δένδρεσιν ἐπίσκιοσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 32 6:1)

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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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