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παράλιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παράλιος παράλιᾱ παράλιον

Structure: παραλι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = pa/ralos

Sense

  1. by the sea
  2. the seacoast, sea-board
  3. the eastern coast of Attica

Examples

  • ἐκπεπλήρωνται δὲ ἀκταί τε παράλιοι καὶ μεσόγειοι πόλεσι, ταῖσ μὲν οἰκισθείσαισ, ταῖσ δὲ αὐξηθείσαισ ἐφ’ ὑμῶν τε καὶ ὑφ’ ὑμῶν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 28:4)
  • αἱ μὲν οὖν παράλιοι πόλεισ τῶν Καμπανῶν καὶ αἱ προκείμεναι νῆσοι τοιαῦται. (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 4 18:14)

Synonyms

  1. by the sea

  2. the seacoast

Related

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

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