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παγετώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παγετώδης παγετώδες

Structure: παγετωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. frosty, ice-cold

Examples

  • Ἀριστοτέλησ δέ φησι καὶ μύρων καὶ ἀνθέων καὶ λειμώνων εὐώδεισ ἀποπνοίασ οὐκ ἔλαττον ἔχειν τοῦ πρὸσ ἡδονὴν τὸ πρὸσ ὑγίειαν, ψυχρὸν ὄντα φύσει καὶ παγετώδη τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ἠρέμα τῇ θερμότητι καὶ λειότητι διαχεούσασ. (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 79 9:1)

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

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