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κατωφερής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κατωφερής κατωφερές

Structure: κατωφερη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: = ka/tw fero/menos

Sense

  1. sunken

Examples

  • εἴρηται δὲ ἀπὸ ἑνὸσ Μύκλου αὐλητοῦ κατωφεροῦσ εἰσ γυναῖκασ καὶ κωμῳδηθέντοσ ἐπὶ μαχλότητι ὑπ’ Ἀρχιλόχου. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , unknown179)
  • οὔσησ γὰρ στενῆσ καὶ κατωφεροῦσ τῆσ καταβάσεωσ, τῆσ δὲ χιόνοσ ἄδηλον ποιούσησ ἑκάστοισ τὴν ἐπίβασιν, πᾶν τὸ παραπεσὸν τῆσ ὁδοῦ καὶ σφαλὲν ἐφέρετο κατὰ τῶν κρημνῶν. (Polybius, Histories, book 3, chapter 54 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. sunken

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

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