Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

γαύσαπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γαύσαπος γαύσαπη γαύσαπον

Structure: γαυσαπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: A foreign word.

Sense

  1. rough cloth, freeze

Examples

  • ἐρέαν δὲ τὴν μὲν μαλακὴν οἱ περὶ Μουτίνην τόποι καὶ τὸν Σκουλτάνναν ποταμὸν φέρουσι πολὺ πασῶν καλλίστην, τὴν δὲ τραχεῖαν ἡ Λιγυστικὴ καὶ ἡ τῶν Ἰνσούβρων, ἐξ ἧσ τὸ πλέον τῆσ οἰκετείασ τῶν Ἰταλιωτῶν ἀμπέχεται, τὴν δὲ μέσην οἱ περὶ Πατάουιον, ἐξ ἧσ οἱ τάπητεσ οἱ πολυτελεῖσ καὶ γαυσάπαι καὶ τὸ τοιοῦτον εἶδοσ πᾶν, ἀμφίμαλλόν τε καὶ ἑτερόμαλλον. (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 1 24:10)

Similar forms

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

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