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ὁμόκεντρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁμόκεντρος ὁμόκεντρον

Structure: ὁμοκεντρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ke/ntron

Sense

  1. concentric with

Examples

  • περὶ τοῦτό τε συνεστῶσα ἡ γῆ σφαιροειδῶσ ὁμόκεντροσ τῷ μὲν οὐρανῷ μένει καὶ αὐτὴ καὶ ὁ δι’ αὐτῆσ ἄξων καὶ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ μέσου τεταμένοσ, ὁ δ’ οὐρανὸσ περιφέρεται περί τε αὐτὴν καὶ περὶ τὸν ἄξονα ἀπ’ ἀνατολῆσ ἐπὶ δύσιν, σὺν αὐτῷ δὲ οἱ ἀπλανεῖσ ἀστέρεσ ὁμοταχεῖσ τῷ πόλῳ. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 5 4:6)

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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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