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ποιώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποιώδης ποιώδες

Structure: ποιωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. like grass

Examples

  • καὶ ἡ Καρμανίη τῶν Ἰχθυοφάγων τῆσ γῆσ καὶ τῶν Ὠρειτέων εὐδενδροτέρη τε καὶ εὐκαρποτέρη ἐστί, καὶ ποιώδησ μᾶλλόν τι καὶ εὐύδροσ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 32 4:1)
  • ἀλλὰ ἡ Κυρήνη γὰρ τῆσ Λιβύησ ἐν τοῖσι ἐρημοτέροισι πεπολισμένη ποιώδησ τέ ἐστι καὶ εὐύδροσ καὶ καρπῶν παντοίων καὶ κτηνέων πάμφοροσ ἔστε ἐπὶ τοῦ σιλφίου τὰσ ἐκφύσιασ· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 43 13:1)
  • ἥ τε γὰρ γῆ ἐοῦσα πεδιὰσ αὕτη ποιώδησ τε καὶ εὐύδροσ ἐστί, ποταμοί τε δι’ αὐτῆσ ῥέουσι οὐ πολλῷ τεῳ ἀριθμὸν ἐλάσσονεσ τῶν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ διωρύχων. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 47 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. like grass

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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