πρόσχωσις
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πρόσχωσις
πρόσχωσεως
Structure:
προσχωσι
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- a bank or mound raised against
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- "ῥεύματα τὴν μεγάλην ἐξιέναι γῆν καὶ γίγνεσθαι προσχώσεισ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν καὶ βαρεῖαν εἶναι καὶ γεώδη τὴν θάλατταν, ᾗ καὶ πεπηγέναι δόξαν ἔσχε. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 268)
- προσχώσεισ, ἀπορρέουσαν· (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 40 7:1)
- ὡσ δὲ τῷ τε βαθυτέρῳ ἤδη ἐπέλαζον καὶ ἅμα τῇ πόλει αὐτῇ ἐγγὺσ ἐγίγνοντο, ἀπό τε τῶν τειχῶν ὑψηλῶν ὄντων βαλλόμενοι ἐκακοπάθουν, ἅτε καὶ ἐπ̓ ἐργασίᾳ μᾶλλόν τι ἢ ὡσ ἐσ μάχην ἀκριβῶσ ἐσταλμένοι, καὶ ταῖσ τριήρεσιν ἄλλῃ καὶ ἄλλῃ τοῦ χώματοσ ἐπιπλέοντεσ οἱ Τύριοι, ἅτε δὴ θαλασσοκρατοῦντεσ ἔτι, ἄπορον πολλαχῇ τὴν πρόσχωσιν τοῖσ Μακεδόσιν ἐποίουν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 18 5:1)
- καὶ ὁ μὲν ἐξευρὼν τοῦ Ἀχελῴου τὴν πρόσχωσιν ἐνταῦθα ᾤκησε, καὶ γυναῖκα ἔσχε Καλλιρόην τοῦ Ἀχελῴου θυγατέρα λόγῳ τῷ Ἀκαρνάνων, καί οἱ παῖδεσ Ἀκαρνάν τε καὶ Ἀμφότεροσ ἐγένοντο· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 24 12:1)
- τοιοῦτον δ’ ἐστὶ καὶ ἡ τοῦ Νείλου ἀνάβασισ καὶ ἡ πρόσχωσισ τοῦ πελάγουσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 58:5)
- ἡ γὰρ πρόσχωσισ περὶ αὐτὰ συνίσταται τὰ στόματα τῶν ποταμῶν, οἱο͂ν περὶ μὲν τὰ τοῦ Ἴστρου τὰ λεγόμενα στήθη καὶ ἡ Σκυθῶν ἐρημία καὶ ὁ Σαλμυδησσόσ, καὶ ἄλλων χειμάρρων συνεργούντων πρὸσ τοῦτο, περὶ δὲ τὰ τοῦ Φάσιδοσ ἡ Κολχικὴ παραλία δίαμμοσ καὶ ταπεινὴ καὶ μαλακὴ οὖσα, περὶ δὲ τὸν Θερμώδοντα καὶ τὸν Ἶριν ὅλη Θεμίσκυρα, τὸ τῶν Ἀμαζόνων πεδίον, καὶ τῆσ Σιδηνῆσ τὸ πλέον· (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 3 14:6)
Synonyms
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a bank or mound raised against
- χῶσις (a heaping up ; a raising of a mound or bank )