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πρόσβορρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόσβορρος πρόσβορρον

Structure: προσβορρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: borra=s

Sense

  1. exposed to the north

Examples

  • οἶσθα Κεκροπίασ πέτρασ πρόσβορρον ἄντρον, ἃσ Μακρὰσ κικλήσκομεν; (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 3:12)
  • τὸ μὲν γὰρ νότιον τοῦ ἰσθμοῦ πλευρὸν ἔχουσι Τήιοι τοὺσ Χαλκιδέασ, τὸ δὲ πρόσβορρον Κλαζομένιοι, καθ’ ὃ συνάπτουσι τῇ Ἐρυθραίᾳ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 1 55:3)
  • πεδιὰσ δ’ ἡ ἀπὸ Σόλων καὶ Ταρσοῦ μέχρι Ἰσσοῦ, καὶ ἔτι ἧσ ὑπέρκεινται κατὰ τὸ πρόσβορρον τοῦ Ταύρου πλευρὸν Καππάδοκεσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 5 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. exposed to 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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