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κατάρρυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κατάρρυτος κατάρρυτον

Structure: καταρρυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. irrigated, watered
  2. carried down by water, alluvial

Examples

  • διεξιὼν δὲ τὴν ἄνυδρον τῆσ Λιβύησ, καὶ περιτυχὼν χώρᾳ καταρρύτῳ καὶ καρποφόρῳ, πόλιν ἔκτισε θαυμαστὴν τῷ μεγέθει, τὴν ὀνομαζομένην Ἑκατόμπυλον, ᾗ ἔθετο τὴν προσηγορίαν ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθουσ τῶν κατ’ αὐτὴν πυλῶν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 18 1:2)
  • καὶ τῇ μὲν πρώτῃ τοὺσ θυρεοὺσ ὑπὲρ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ ποιήσαντεσ συνέφραξαν, ὥστε τῇ τῶν ὅπλων πυκνότητι κεραμωτῷ καταρρύτῳ γίνεσθαι παραπλήσιον. (Polybius, Histories, book 28, chapter 11 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. carried down by water

Related

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

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