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νηυσιπέρητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νηυσιπέρητος νηυσιπέρητον

Structure: νηυσιπερητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: v. nausipe/ratos.

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Examples

  • καὶ ἡ μεγίστη τῶν διωρύχων ἐστὶ νηυσιπέρητοσ, πρὸσ ἥλιον τετραμμένη τὸν χειμερινόν, ἐσέχει δὲ ἐσ ἄλλον ποταμὸν ἐκ τοῦ Εὐφρήτεω, ἐσ τὸν Τίγρην, παρ’ ὃν Νίνοσ πόλισ οἴκητο. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 193 3:2)
  • οὖροσ δὲ Κιλικίησ καὶ τῆσ Ἀρμενίησ ἐστὶ ποταμὸσ νηυσιπέρητοσ, τῷ οὔνομα Εὐφρήτησ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 52 4:2)

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

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