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προσάρκτιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: προσάρκτιος προσάρκτιον

Structure: προσαρκτι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/rktos

Sense

  1. towards the north

Examples

  • ὥσθ’ ὁ δι’ ἐκείνων ἄγων ἐπὶ τὴν Μαιῶτιν τὸν Τάναϊν, εἶτ’ ἐπιστρέφων ἐπ’ αὐτήν αἱ γὰρ ἐκβολαὶ φανερῶσ ἐν τοῖσ προσαρκτίοισ μέρεσι τῆσ λίμνησ δείκνυνται καὶ τούτοισ τοῖσ ἑωθινωτάτοισ, πλαστὸσ ἄν τισ εἰή καὶ ἀπέραντοσ λόγοσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 4 12:3)
  • πίπτειν δὲ τοὺσ ὄμβρουσ ἐν τοῖσ ἄνω μέρεσι τοῖσ προσαρκτίοισ καὶ ἐγγὺσ τῶν ὀρῶν· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 2 6:5)

Synonyms

  1. towards the north

Related

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

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