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κυματώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κυματώδης κυματώδες

Structure: κυματωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. on which the waves break

Examples

  • ἔστι δ’ ἡ χώρα τὰ μὲν ἄλλα περιστεφὴσ ὄρεσιν αὐλὼν δ’ ἀναπέπταται πρὸσ τὴν θάλατταν, ἔνθα τὰ ἕλη καταδίδωσι τοῦ ποταμοῦ περιχεομένου, καὶ θῖνασ ἄμμου βαθείασ ἔχει, καὶ τελευτᾷ πρὸσ αἰγιαλὸν κυματώδη καὶ δύσορμον. (Plutarch, Fabius Maximus, chapter 6 2:1)
  • τηλικαύτην δ’ ἔχων ὑπεροχὴν ἐν πᾶσιν ὁ ποταμὸσ οὗτοσ μόνοσ τῶν ἄλλων ἄνευ βίασ καὶ κυματώδουσ ὁρμῆσ τὴν ῥύσιν ποιεῖται, πλὴν ἐν τοῖσ καλουμένοισ καταράκταισ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 32 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. on which the waves break

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

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