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ἰσοχειλής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσοχειλής ἰσοχειλές

Structure: ἰσοχειλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: xei=los

Sense

  1. level with the brim

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ Εὐφράτησ μετέωρόσ τε ῥεῖ καὶ ἰσοχείλησ πανταχῇ τῇ γῇ, καὶ διώρυχεσ δὲ πολλαὶ ἀπ̓ αὐτοῦ πεποίηνται, αἱ μὲν ἀέναοι, ἀφ̓ ὧν ὑδρεύονται οἱ παῤ ἑκάτερα ᾠκισμένοι, τὰσ δὲ καὶ πρὸσ καιρὸν ποιοῦνται, ὁπότε σφίσιν ὕδατοσ ἐνδεῶσ ἔχοι, ἐσ τὸ ἐπάρδειν τὴν χώραν· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 7 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. level with the brim

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

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