Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κολπώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κολπώδης κολπώδες

Structure: κολπωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. embosomed, embayed

Examples

  • τὰ δὲ Γάδειρα οὐκ ἐν τοιούτοισ ἵδρυται τόποισ ὥστε ἀποδηλοῦν ἐσχατιάν, ἀλλ’ ἐν μέσῃ πωσ κεῖται μεγάλῃ παραλίᾳ κολπώδει. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 5 12:13)

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

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