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προήκης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: προήκης προήκες

Structure: προηκη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)kh/

Sense

  1. pointed in front

Examples

  • Γορτύνιοσ δὲ προήκει καὶ ἐσ πλέον ψυχρότητοσ, μάλιστα δὲ ὡρ́ᾳ θέρουσ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 28 6:4)
  • μῆκοσ δὲ ἀπ’ αὐτῆσ εἴκοσι στάδιοι καὶ ἑκατόν εἰσι καὶ χίλιοι, εὖροσ δὲ ἐσ εἴκοσί τε καὶ τετρακοσίουσ προήκει. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 17 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. pointed in front

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

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