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ἐπίφορος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίφορος ἐπίφορον

Structure: ἐπιφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pife/rw

Sense

  1. carrying towards, favourable
  2. sloping
  3. near the time of bringing forth

Examples

  • οὐδ’ ἂν Θρᾳκῶν τε καὶ Μυσῶν μνησθεὶσ τῶν πρὸσ τῷ Ἴστρῳ αὐτὸν παρεσίγησε μέγιστον τῶν ποταμῶν ὄντα, καὶ ἄλλωσ ἐπιφόρωσ ἔχων πρὸσ τὸ τοῖσ ποταμοῖσ ἀφορίζεσθαι τοὺσ τόπουσ, οὐδ’ ἂν Κιμμερίουσ λέγων παρῆκε τὸν Βόσπορον ἢ τὴν Μαιῶτιν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 3 44:11)

Synonyms

  1. sloping

Related

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

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