Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἠμαθόεις

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἠμαθόεις ἠμαθόεσσα ἠμαθόεν

Structure: ἠμαθοεντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: epic for a)maqo/eis

Sense

  1. sandy

Examples

  • οὐ διὰ τῆσ πόλεωσ δὲ οὐδὲ παρ’ αὐτὴν ῥεῖ ὁ Ἀλφειόσ, ἀλλὰ παρ’ αὐτὴν μὲν ἕτεροσ, ὃν οἱ μὲν Παμισὸν οἱ δὲ Ἄμαθον καλοῦσιν, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ ὁ Πύλοσ Ἠμαθόεισ εἰρῆσθαι οὗτοσ δοκεῖ, διὰ δὲ τῆσ χώρασ τῆσ Πυλίασ ὁ Ἀλφειόσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 3 2:5)

Synonyms

  1. sandy

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

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