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νιφόβολος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νιφόβολος νιφόβολον

Structure: νιφοβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ba/llw

Sense

  1. snow-stricken, snowclad

Examples

  • τέτραπται μὲν γὰρ, ὡσ ἔφην, τὰ σπήλαια πρὸσ βορέαν, ὁ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἄρκτου πνέων ἄνεμοσ, Καικίαν ἔνιοι καχοῦσιν, ἐπέχει μάλιστα καὶ πλεῖστόσ ἐστι τῶν ἐκεῖ πνευμάτων, ἐξ ὑγρῶν πεδίων καὶ νιφοβόλων συμφυσώμενοσ ὀρῶν· (Plutarch, Sertorius, chapter 17 3:2)
  • καἰῖτ’ ὦκα Βοᾶσ ἀκοὰν μεθέπων, ὅγ’ ἄφαρ λάσιον νιφοβόλων ἀν’ ὀρέων ἔσσυται ἄγκοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 27 3:3)

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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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