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πηλώδης

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πηλώδης πηλώδες

Structure: πηλωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. like clay, clayey, muddy

Examples

  • "βραδύπορον γὰρ εἶναι καὶ πηλῶδεσ ὑπὸ πλήθουσ ῥευμάτων τὸ πέλαγοσ· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 266)
  • τούτων δέ τινα συμπλεκόμενα ποιεῖν σύστημα, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον κάθυγρον καὶ πηλῶδεσ, ξηρανθέντα καὶ περιφερόμενα σὺν τῇ τοῦ ὅλου δίνῃ, εἶτ’ ἐκπυρωθέντα τὴν τῶν ἀστέρων ἀποτελέσαι φύσιν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. s'. LEUKIPPOS 3:6)

Synonyms

  1. like clay

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

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