Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὔσκιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔσκιος εὔσκιος εὔσκιος

Structure: εὐσκι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: skia/

Sense

  1. well-shaded

Examples

  • ἐν εὐσκίοισ δρόμοισιν Ἑκαδήμου θεοῦ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 6:6)
  • καὶ σύμπασαν δὲ τὴν οἰκίαν ἐπέδειξα αὐτῇ ὅτι πρὸσ μεσημβρίαν ἀναπέπταται, ὥστε εὔδηλον εἶναι ὅτι χειμῶνοσ μὲν εὐήλιόσ ἐστι, τοῦ δὲ θέρουσ εὔσκιοσ. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 9 5:2)
  • πνοιὴ γὰρ καὶ θῶκοσ ἐύσκιοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 12 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. well-shaded

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