Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καιροσέων

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καιροσέων

Sense

  1. the close-woven

Examples

  • "ὦ ξένε, κωλύει ταὐτὸν εἶναι καὶ λεπτὸν καὶ πυκνόν, ὥσπερ τὰ σηρικὰ καὶ τὰ βύσσινα τῶν ὑφασμάτων, ἐφ’ ὧν καὶ Ὅμηροσ εἶπε καιροσέων δ’ ὀθονῶν ἀπολείβεται ὑγρὸν ἔλαιον, ἐνδεικνύμενοσ τὴν ἀκρίβειαν καὶ λεπτότητα τοῦ ὕφουσ τῷ μὴ προσμένειν τὸ ἔλαιον ἀλλ’ ἀπορρεῖν καὶ ἀπολισθάνειν, τῆσ λεπτότητοσ καὶ πυκνότητοσ οὐ διιείσησ; (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 4 5:1)

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

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