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πετραῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πετραῖος πετραῖη πετραῖον

Structure: πετραι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from pe/tra

Sense

  1. of a rock, living on or among the rocks, rock-
  2. of rock, rocky
  3. clave the rocks of Tempe

Examples

  • διδόασί τε αὐτῷ καὶ Βηρύτιοι διιόντι αὐτῶν τὴν πόλιν ἐπικούρουσ πεντακοσίουσ καὶ χιλίουσ, πέμπει δὲ καὶ Ἀρέτασ ὁ Πετραῖοσ ἔχθει τῷ Ἡρώδου φιλίαν τῶν Ῥωμαίων κτώμενοσ οὐκ ὀλίγην χεῖρα πεζῶν καὶ ἱππέων. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 17 345:2)
  • Ἐν τούτῳ δὲ στασιάζουσιν Ἀρέτασ τε ὁ Πετραῖοσ βασιλεὺσ καὶ Ἡρώδησ διὰ τοιαύτην αἰτίαν· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 18 137:1)

Synonyms

  1. of rock

Related

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

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