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ποσταῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποσταῖος ποσταῖη ποσταῖον

Structure: ποσται (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: po/stos

Sense

  1. in how many days?

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ καί φασιν αὐτὴν ἐρωτηθεῖσαν ποσταία γυνὴ ἀπ’ ἀνδρὸσ καθαρεύει, φάναι, "ἀπὸ μὲν τοῦ ἰδίου παραχρῆμα, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ἀλλοτρίου οὐδέποτε. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, h, Kef. a'. PUQAGORAS 43:4)

Synonyms

  1. in how many days?

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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