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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

  • Ἢν δὲ πρόσω προήκῃ χρόνῳ καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐν αἰτίῃ ἴσχῃ, σικύην χρῆ ἐσ τὸ ἰνίον προσβάλλοντα, αἱμάσσειν ἀφειδέωσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 187)
  • ἢν δὲ ἤδη μὲν προήκῃ ἡ νοῦσοσ, πρὸσ δὲ τὰ σιτία ἀπηυδήκῃ ὥνθρωποσ, πτισάνη μὲν ἐκ κριθῆσ διδόσθω λείη, κάθεφθοσ· ἄνηθον δὲ ἔστω καὶ ἅλεσ πτισάνησ τὰ ὄψα· καὶ ἔλαιον λεπτὸν, ἄποιον, ἄγλισχρον, ἀτρήχυντον · κρέσσον δὲ ξὺν τῇ πτισάνῃ, ὡσ μὴ πολλὸν τοῦ ἐλαίου ἑψεῖν. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 366)

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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