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λιμνοφυής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιμνοφυής λιμνοφυές

Structure: λιμνοφυη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fu/omai

Sense

  1. marsh-born

Examples

  • γρίπουσ τε, πλωτῶν τε πάγην, περιδινέα κύρτον, καὶ φελλὸν κρυφίων σῆμα λαχόντα βόλων, καὶ βαθὺν ἱππείησ πεπεδημένον ἅμματι χαίτησ, οὐκ ἄτερ ἀγκίστρων,λιμνοφυῆ δόνακα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 23 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. marsh-born

Similar forms

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

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