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παρεξειρεσία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: παρεξειρεσία

Structure: παρεξειρεσι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. the part of the ship beyond the rowers

Examples

  • κοίλην μὲν γὰρ δἰ ὀλίγου τὴν θάλασσαν ἐποίησεν, ὡσ μὴ κατὰ τὰσ κώπασ μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὲρ τὰσ παρεξειρεσίασ ἐπεσρεῖν ἡμῖν ἑκατέρωθεν ἀφθόνωσ τοῦ ὕδατοσ, τοῦτο δὴ τὸ τραγικόν, ̔καὶ τὴν μὲν ἐξηντλοῦμεν, ἣ δ̓ ἐπεσρέει. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 3 6:1)

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

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