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κολπώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κολπώδης κολπώδες

Structure: κολπωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. embosomed, embayed

Examples

  • τὴν μὲν γὰρ Ἰνδικὴν ῥομβοειδῆ φησι διὰ τὸ τῶν πλευρῶν τὰσ μὲν θαλάττῃ κλύζεσθαι τῇ τε νοτίῳ καὶ τῇ ἑῴᾳ, μὴ πάνυ κολπώδεισ ᾐόνασ ποιούσαισ, τὰσ δὲ λοιπὰσ τὴν μὲν τῷ ὄρει τὴν δὲ τῷ ποταμῷ, κἀνταῦθα τοῦ εὐθυγράμμου σχήματοσ ὑπό τι σωζομένου· (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 1 42:5)

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

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