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νεφώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεφώδης νεφώδες

Structure: νεφωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ne/fos

Sense

Examples

  • τὴν μελανίαν τοῦ νεφώδουσ χρώματι τὴν ἀστραπήν, τῷ πλήθει καὶ μεγέθει τοῦ φωτὸσ τὸν κεραυνόν, τῷ δὲ πολυσωματωτέρῳ πυρὶ τὸν τυφῶνα, τῷ δὲ νεφελομιγεῖ τὸν πρηστῆρα. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 3, 5:1)
  • ὡσ δ’ αὕτωσ ἔχει καὶ περὶ τῶν κητέων ἁπάντων, ὀρύγων τε καὶ φαλαινῶν καὶ φυσητήρων, ὧν ἀναφυσησάντων φαίνεταί τισ νεφώδουσ ὄψισ κίονοσ τοῖσ πόρρωθεν ἀφορῶσι· (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 2 14:3)

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

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