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πιτυώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πιτυώδης πιτυώδες

Structure: πιτυωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. abounding in pines

Examples

  • τὰ γὰρ πιτυώδη χωρία λέγουσιν ἡδύοινον τὴν· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 5, 9:1)
  • ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ Ἰσθμῷ καὶ τὸ τοῦ Ἰσθμίου Ποσειδῶνοσ ἱερὸν ἄλσει πιτυώδει συνηρεφέσ, ὅπου τὸν ἀγῶνα τῶν Ἰσθμίων Κορίνθιοι συνετέλουν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 6 35:10)
  • Πιτύα δ’ ἐστὶν ἐν Πιτυοῦντι τῆσ Παριανῆσ ὑπερκείμενον ἔχουσα πιτυῶδεσ ὄροσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 1 22:1)

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

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