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ναυσίπορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ναυσίπορος ναυσίπορον

Structure: ναυσιπορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: cf. nausipo/ros

Sense

  1. traversed by ships, navigable

Examples

  • ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Φάσιδοσ Χαρίεντα ποταμὸν παρημείψαμεν ναυσίπορον· (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 10 1:1)
  • ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Χώβου Σιγγάμην ποταμὸν παρημείψαμεν ναυσίπορον· (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 10 3:1)
  • ὅστισ δὲ καὶ ἄλλον οἶδε ναυσίπορον τῶν ἐσ τὸν Ἴστρον ἐκδιδόντων, ἀλλὰ οὐ πολλούσ κου οἶδε. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 4 16:4)
  • ἄφθονον δὲ ἦν τὸ ῥεῦμα καὶ πολύ, ὥστε ἐνιαχοῦ καὶ ναυσίπορον εἶναι δύνασθαι. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 7:5)

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

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