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πάρισος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πάρισος πάρισον

Structure: παρις (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. almost equal, evenly balanced

Declension

First/Second 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.

Examples

  • εἰσὶ γὰρ ἀντίθετοι καὶ παρόμοιοι καὶ πάρισοι καὶ οἱ παραπλήσιοι τούτοισ, ἐξ ὧν ἡ πανηγυρικὴ διάλεκτοσ ἀποτελεῖται. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 2355)
  • ὀρυκτοί τέ εἰσιν ἰχθύεσ οἱ ἀποληφθέντεσ ἐν τῷ κρυστάλλῳ τῇ προσαγορευομένῃ γαγγάμῃ, καὶ μάλιστα οἱ ἀντακαῖοι, δελφῖσι πάρισοι τὸ μέγεθοσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter 3 36:9)
  • εἶθ’ Ιἑρὰ ἄκρα καὶ αἱ Χελιδόνιαι τρεῖσ νῆσοι τραχεῖαι, πάρισοι τὸ μέγεθοσ, ὅσον πέντε σταδίοισ ἀλλήλων διέχουσαι· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 3 16:1)
  • καθ’ ἑκατέραν [δὲ] τὴν ἄκραν τὴν ποιοῦσαν τὸ στόμα προσεχεῖσ εἰσι τῇ ἠπείρῳ νῆσοι, ἥ τε λεχθεῖσα Κέρκιννα καὶ ἡ Μῆνιγξ, πάρισοι τοῖσ μεγέθεσι. (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 3 34:3)

Synonyms

  1. almost equal

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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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