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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

  • ἔστι δὲ πορθμὸσ τεναγώδησ τὸ χωρίον καὶ τὰ μὲν πρὸσ τῇ ἠπείρῳ τῆσ θαλάσσησ βραχέα καὶ πηλώδη αὐτοῦ, τὰ δὲ πρὸσ αὐτῇ τῇ πόλει, ἵνα τὸ βαθύτατον τοῦ διάπλου, τριῶν μάλιστα ὀργυιῶν τὸ βάθοσ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 18 3:2)
  • εἰλούμενον δ’ ἐν ἑαυτῷ συνεχῶσ καὶ συστρεφόμενον ἐκ μὲν τῶν ὑγρῶν τὴν θάλατταν, ἐκ δὲ τῶν στερεμνιωτέρων ποιῆσαι τὴν γῆν πηλώδη καὶ παντελῶσ ἁπαλήν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 7 2:1)
  • ἵδρυται δ’ ἡ πόλισ κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν ἐκ τῆσ Ἰβηρίασ εἰσ τὴν Ἰταλίαν, θέρουσ μὲν εὔβατον οὖσαν χειμῶνοσ δὲ καὶ ἐάροσ πηλώδη καὶ ποταμόκλυστον. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 1 24:10)

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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