παλίρροια
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
παλίρροια
Structure:
παλιρροι
(Stem)
+
ᾱ
(Ending)
Sense
- the reflux of water, back-water
Declension
First declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- πρότερον δ’ ἱκανῶσ αἱ πλημμυρίδεσ καὶ ἡ παλίρροια τοῦ πελάγουσ ἀφῄρει τὴν χοῦν καὶ ἀνέσπα πρὸσ τὸ ἐκτόσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 1 42:7)
- δοκούντων δὲ τῶν Καρχηδονίων ἐπικυδεστέρασ ἐλπίδασ ἔχειν ἤδη κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον, γίνεταί τισ ὁλοσχερὴσ καὶ παράδοξοσ περὶ αὐτοὺσ παλίρροια τῶν πραγμάτων. (Polybius, Histories, book 1, chapter 82 3:1)
- καὶ οὔθ’ Ὅμηροσ οὔτε Πίνδαροσ οὔτε Σοφοκλῆσ πεπεισμένοι ταῦτ’ ἔχειν οὕτωσ ἔγραψαν ἔνθεν τὸν ἄπειρον ἐρεύγονται σκότον βληχροὶ δνοφερᾶσ νυκτὸσ ποταμοὶ καὶ πὰρ δ’ ἴσαν Ὠκεανοῦ τε ῥοὰσ καὶ Λευκάδα πέτρην καί στενωπὸσ Αἵδου καὶ παλιρροία βυθοῦ ὅσοι μέντοι τὸν θάνατον ὡσ οἰκτρὸν ἢ τὴν ἀταφίαν · (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 2 23:1)
- καὶ τοὺσ μὲν πλέοντασ ἐν αὐταῖσ ἐν τῇ παλιρροίᾳ τῶν κυμάτων κατακλυζομένουσ διέφθειρε, τὰ δ’ ἱερὰ χρήματα διασπασθεισῶν τῶν νεῶν ἐπὶ τὰσ ἔγγιστα τῶν Λοκρῶν θῖνασ ἐξέβρασεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 20, chapter 9 5:4)
- " καὶ Τίμαιοσ δὲ περὶ τῶν Πιθηκουσσῶν φησιν ὑπὸ τῶν παλαιῶν πολλὰ παραδοξολογεῖσθαι, μικρὸν δὲ πρὸ ἑαυτοῦ τὸν Ἐπωπέα λόφον ἐν μέσῃ τῇ νήσῳ τιναγέντα ὑπὸ σεισμῶν ἀναβαλεῖν πῦρ καὶ τὸ μεταξὺ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆσ θαλάττησ ἐξῶσαι ἐπὶ τὸ πέλαγοσ, τὸ δ’ ἐκτεφρωθὲν τῆσ γῆσ μετεωρισμὸν λαβὸν κατασκῆψαι πάλιν τυφωνοειδῶσ εἰσ τὴν νῆσον, καὶ ἐπὶ τρεῖσ τὴν θάλατταν ἀναχωρῆσαι σταδίουσ, ἀναχωρήσασαν δὲ μετ’ οὐ πολὺ ὑποστρέψαι καὶ τῇ παλιρροίᾳ κατακλύσαι τὴν νῆσον, καὶ γενέσθαι σβέσιν τοῦ ἐν αὐτῇ πυρόσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 4 18:9)
Synonyms
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the reflux of water