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ὀρεινός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρεινός ὀρεινή ὀρεινόν

Structure: ὀρειν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)/ros

Sense

  1. mountainous, hilly
  2. dwelling on the mountains

Examples

  • ταύτην μὲν ἐκλιπόντων τῶν Αἰτωλῶν εἰσαγαγὼν πεντακοσίουσ στρατιώτασ κατεῖχε, βουλόμενοσ ἐφεδρείᾳ χρήσασθαι πρόσ τε τὴν εἴσοδον καὶ τὴν ἔξοδον τὴν ἐκ τῶν στενῶν ‐ ἔστι γὰρ πᾶσ ὁ παρὰ τὴν λίμνην τόποσ ὀρεινὸσ καὶ τραχύσ, συνηγμένοσ ταῖσ ὕλαισ· (Polybius, Histories, book 5, chapter 7 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. mountainous

  2. dwelling on the mountains

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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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