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νηοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νηοφόρος νηοφόρον

Structure: νηοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. bearing ships

Examples

  • ὑπνώει δὲ θάλασσα, φιλοζεφύροιο γαλήνησ νηοφόροισ νώτοισ εὔδια πεπταμένησ, οὐκ ἐπὶ πρυμναίοισι καταιγίζουσα κορύμβοισ, οὐκ ἐπὶ ῥηγμίνων ἀφρὸν ἐρευγομένη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 16 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. bearing ships

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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