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ῥοώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥοώδης ῥοώδες

Structure: ῥοωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. with a strong stream, in which there are strong currents, exposed to such seas

Examples

  • ὧδε δὲ ἐχόντων ἑκατέρων, ἐκ μέσησ ἡμέρασ νότοσ ἐμπεσὼν ἤγειρε κῦμα βίαιον ἐν ῥοώδει καὶ στενῷ χωρίῳ. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 10 1:4)
  • ὡσ δὲ διὰ τῶν σκοπέλων διεξέπλωον, κύμασί τε μεγάλοισιν ἐνέκυρσαν καὶ τῇ θαλάσσῃ ῥοώδεϊ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 22 6:1)

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

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