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προβλής

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: προβλής προβλῆτος

Structure: προβλητ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: proba/llw

Sense

  1. forestretching, jutting, forelands, headlands

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἔνθα μὲν εἰσ Αἴδαο καταιβάτισ ἐστὶ κέλευθοσ, ἄκρη τε προβλὴσ Ἀχερουσιὰσ ὑψόθι τείνει, δινήεισ τ’ Ἀχέρων αὐτὴν διὰ νειόθι τέμνων ἄκρην ἐκ μεγάλησ προχοὰσ ἱήσι φάραγγοσ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 6:18)
  • ἡ γραῦσ ἡ φθονερὴ παρεκέκλιτο γείτονι κούρῃ δόχμιον ἐν λέκτρῳ νῶτον ἐρεισαμένη, προβλὴσ ὥσ τισ ἔπαλξισ ἀνέμβατοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2941)
  • ἀλλ’ αὔτωσ προβλήσ τε καὶ ἔμπεδοσ, ὥσ τισ ἐρίπνα ἱδρυθείσ, ἔτλησ λαίλαπα δυσμενέων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 147 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. forestretching

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

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