Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

προσήνεμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: προσήνεμος προσήνεμον

Structure: προσηνεμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/nemos

Sense

  1. towards the wind, to windward

Examples

  • καὶ λέξον γέ μοι, ὦ Σώκρατεσ, ἔφη ὁ Ἰσχόμαχοσ, ἦ οἶσθα ὅτι ἂν ἐκ τοῦ προσηνέμου μέρουσ τῆσ ἅλω ἄρχῃ, δι’ ὅλησ τῆσ ἅλω οἴσεταί σοι τὰ ἄχυρα; (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 18 7:2)

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

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