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παλίρροια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: παλίρροια

Structure: παλιρροι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from pali/rrous

Sense

  1. the reflux of water, back-water

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative παλίρροια παλιρροίᾱ παλίρροιαι
Genitive παλιρροίᾱς παλιρροίαιν παλιρροιῶν
Dative παλιρροίᾱͅ παλιρροίαιν παλιρροίαις
Accusative παλιρροίᾱν παλιρροίᾱ παλιρροίᾱς
Vocative παλιρροίᾱ παλιρροίᾱ παλίρροιαι

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.

Examples

  • φησὶ δὲ ὁ Πολύβιοσ κρήνην ἐν τῷ Ἡρακλείῳ τῷ ἐν Γαδείροισ εἶναι πότιμον, βαθμῶν ὀλίγων κατάβασιν ἔχουσαν εἰσ τὸ ὕδωρ, ἣν ταῖσ παλιρροίαισ τῆσ θαλάττησ ἀντιπαθεῖν, κατὰ μὲν τὰσ πλήμασ ἐκλείπουσαν κατὰ δὲ τὰσ ἀμπώτεισ πληρουμένην. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 5 14:1)
  • Φησὶ δὲ ὁ Πολύβιοσ κρήνην ἐν τῷ Ἡρακλείῳ τῷ ἐν Γαδείροισ εἶναι, βαθμῶν ὀλίγων κατάβασιν ἔχουσαν εἰσ τὸ ὕδωρ, πότιμον, ἣν ταῖσ παλιρροίαισ τῆσ θαλάττησ ἀντιπαθεῖν, κατὰ μὲν τὰσ πλήμασ ἐκλείπουσαν, κατὰ δὲ τὰσ ἀμπώτεισ πληρουμένην. (Polybius, Histories, book 34, v. de hispania 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. the reflux of water

Related

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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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