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πρόσκωπος

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόσκωπος πρόσκωπον

Etym.: kwph/

Sense

  1. at the oar, a rower

Examples

  • καὶ μὴν καλῶσ εἶχεν, ὦ Μαίασ παῖ, ἐκείνων γοῦν σε μεμνῆσθαι, ὅτι μηδεπώποτέ σε ἢ ἀντλεῖν ἐκέλευσα ἢ πρόσκωπον εἶναι· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 1:10)
  • καὶ πόθεν σὺ ἔχεισ τι τῶν ἐκείνου εἰδέναι, ναύτησ ἀεὶ καὶ πρόσκωποσ ὤν; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 7:11)
  • τἆλλα δὲ ἢ ἀντλεῖν, εἰ θέλεισ, ἕτοιμοσ ἢ ^ πρόσκωποσ εἶναι· (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 19:8)

Synonyms

  1. at the oar

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

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