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προχόη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: προχόη

Structure: προχο (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: = pro/xoos, Anth.

Sense

Declension

First 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.

Examples

  • ἔνθα δὲ καὶ προχοαὶ ποταμοῦ Ἀχέροντοσ ἐάσιν, ὅσ τε διὲξ ἄκρησ ἀνερεύγεται εἰσ ἅλα βάλλων ἠῴην· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 12:11)
  • ἀμφὶ δὲ δοιαὶ σχίζονται προχοαί. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 6:10)
  • Σμερδίῃ ὦ ἐπὶ Θρῃκὶ τακεὶσ καὶ ἐπ’ ἔσχατον ὀστεῦν, κώμου καὶ πάσησ κοίρανε παννυχίδοσ, τερπνότατε Μούσῃσιν Ἀνάκρεον, ὦ πὶ Βαθύλλῳ χλωρὸν ὑπὲρ κυλίκων πολλάκι δάκρυ χέασ, αὐτόματαί τοι κρῆναι ἀναβλύζοιεν ἀκρήτου, κἠκ μακάρων προχοαὶ νέκταροσ ἀμβροσίου; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 311)
  • Αὤου προχοαὶ σέ, Μενέστρατε, καὶ σέ, Μένανδρε, λαῖλαψ Καρπαθίη, καὶ σὲ πόροσ Σικελὸσ ὤλεσεν ἐν πόντῳ, Διονύσιε· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3661)
  • συλλήβδην δ’ εἰπεῖν, τῆσ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ θαλάττησ νοτιώτατον μέν ἐστι σημεῖον ὁ τῆσ μεγάλησ Σύρτεωσ μυχόσ, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον ἡ κατ’ Αἴγυπτον Ἀλεξάνδρεια καὶ τοῦ Νείλου προχοαί, βορειότατον δὲ τὸ τοῦ Βορυσθένουσ [στόμα]· (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 5 50:1)

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

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