Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀρυκτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρυκτός ὀρυκτή ὀρυκτόν

Structure: ὀρυκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)ru/ssw

Sense

  1. formed by digging, natural

Examples

  • εἰσὶ δ’ ἐν τῇ Ξιμήνῃ ἅλαι ὀρυκτῶν ἁλῶν, ἀφ’ ὧν εἰκάζουσιν εἰρῆσθαι Ἅλυν τὸν ποταμόν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 3 61:15)
  • φασὶ δ’ ἐν τῇ Σωπείθουσ χώρᾳ ὀρυκτῶν ἁλῶν ὄροσ εἶναι ἀρκεῖν δυνάμενον ὅλῃ τῇ Ἰνδικῇ· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 60:12)
  • διὰ ταῦτ’ ἀναζεύξασ ὁ τῶν Ἀσσυρίων βασιλεὺσ κατέστησε φύλακασ ἐπὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ τῶν ὑδραγωγείων, οἳ διακωλύσουσι Τυρίουσ ἀρύεσθαι, καὶ τοῦτο ἔτεσι πέντε γενόμενον ἐκαρτέρησαν πίνοντεσ ἐκ φρεάτων ὀρυκτῶν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 9 354:1)

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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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