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παρωροφίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: παρωροφίς παρωροφίδος

Structure: παρωροφιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: o)rofh/

Sense

  1. the projecting eaves or cornice

Declension

Third 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

  • ἔστι ἐν τῷ τεμένεϊ τούτῳ Λητοῦσ νηὸσ ἐξ ἑνὸσ λίθου πεποιημένοσ ἔσ τε ὕψοσ καὶ ἐσ μῆκοσ καὶ τοῖχοσ ἕκαστοσ τούτοισι ἴσοσ τεσσεράκοντα πηχέων τούτων ἕκαστον ἐστί, τὸ δὲ καταστέγασμα τῆσ ὀροφῆσ ἄλλοσ ἐπίκειται λίθοσ, ἔχων τὴν παρωροφίδα τετράπηχυν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 155 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. the projecting eaves or cornice

    • γεῖσον (the projecting part of the roof, the eaves, cornice)

Similar forms

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

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