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ἠπειρογενής?

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration: ēpeirogenēs

Principal Part: ἠπειρογενής ἠπειρογενές

Structure: ἠπειρογενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. born or living in the mainland

Examples

  • ἁβροδιαίτων δ ἕπεται Λυδῶν ὄχλος, οἵ τ ἐπίπαν ἠπειρογενὲς κατέχουσιν ἔθνος, τοὺς Μητρογαθὴς Ἀρκτεύς τ ἀγαθός, βασιλῆς δίοποι, καὶ πολύχρυσοι Σάρδεις ἐπόχους πολλοῖς ἁρ´μασιν ἐξορμῶσιν, δίρρυμά τε καὶ τρίρρυμα τέλη, φοβερὰν ὄψιν προσιδέσθαι. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode, anapests 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. born or living in the mainland

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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