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εὔορμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔορμος εὔορμον

Structure: εὐορμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with good mooring-places
  2. well-moored

Examples

  • τὰ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦδε οὐκέτι χαλεπὰ ἦν, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλόν τι εὐόρμα, ἔστε ἐπὶ τὸν κόλπον τὸν Περσικόν. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 27 1:3)
  • ἡ δὲ Πόλα ἵδρυται μὲν ἐν κόλπῳ λιμενοειδεῖ νησίδια ἔχοντι εὐόρμα καὶ εὔκαρπα, κτίσμα δ’ ἐστὶν ἀρχαῖον Κόλχων τῶν ἐπὶ τὴν Μήδειαν ἐκπεμφθέντων, διαμαρτόντων δὲ τῆσ πράξεωσ καὶ καταγνόντων ἑαυτῶν φυγήν "τὸ μὲν φυγάδων κεν ἐνίσποι Γραικὸσ" ὡσ Καλλίμαχοσ εἴρηκεν "ἀτὰρ κείνων "γλῶσσ’ ὀνόμηνε Πόλασ. (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 1 18:15)

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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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