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ὀχθηρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀχθηρός ὀχθηρή ὀχθηρόν

Structure: ὀχθηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from o)/xqh

Sense

  1. hilly

Examples

  • Ὀχθηρὸν τὸν χῶρον ἔχω καὶ ἔρημον, ὁδῖτα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2561)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ πολὺ προελθόντεσ ἀπὸ τοῦ χάρακοσ εἰσ χωρίον ἦλθον ὀχθηρὸν καὶ στενόπορον καὶ χαλεπὸν ἵππῳ διεξελθεῖν, ὅτι μὴ βάδην ἀνιόντι, διὰ τὴν τραχύτητα τῶν ὄχθων, σύνθημα δόντεσ ἀλλήλοισ στίφοσ ἐποίουν ὡσ ἅμα χωρήσοντεσ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἀθρόοι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 26 3:2)
  • ἔμελλον ὅπερ εἰκὸσ οἱ ὁπλῖται κράνεσι καὶ θώραξι καὶ θυρεοῖσ βαρεῖσ πρὸσ ὀχθηρὰ χωρία καὶ μακρὰσ ἀτραποὺσ πορευόμενοι καὶ οὐδὲ ταύτασ λεωφόρουσ, ἀλλ’ αἰγότριβασ δι’ ὕλησ τε καὶ κρημνῶν τάξιν τε οὐδεμίαν φυλάξειν, καὶ πρὶν ἐπιφανῆναί σφισι τοὺσ πολεμίουσ ἐξασθενήσειν τὰ σώματα δίψει καὶ κόπῳ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 20, chapter 11 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. hilly

Related

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

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