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καταποντιστής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταποντιστής καταποντιστές

Structure: καταποντιστη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from kataponti/zw

Sense

  1. one who throws into the sea

Examples

  • οἷσ ἐπιτίθησιν καὶ περὶ μὲν τούτου ἡμῖν ἀφείσθω κινδυνεύεσθαι, ὃ μόγισ ἂν εἶπεν τῶν καταποντιστῶν τισ ἢ λῃστῶν οὐδὲν ἐπιστρέφομαι τῆσ μετὰ ταῦτα τιμωρίασ χαρισάμενοσ ἐπιθυμίαισ ἐν τῷ παρόντι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 39 2:4)
  • λῃστῶν γὰρ ἂν αὐτοῖσ ἔπαινον καὶ καταποντιστῶν ἀνατιθείη, εἰ τοῦτο θαυμάζοι καὶ ζηλωτὸν ἡγοῖτο τὸ τοῖσ κινδύνοισ ἀεὶ σφᾶσ αὐτοὺσ ὑποτεθεικέναι. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 3:10)

Synonyms

  1. one who throws into the sea

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

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