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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

  • Ποσειδώνιοσ δὲ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ σκοπέλουσ λέγειν τοτὲ μὲν καλυπτομένουσ τοτὲ δὲ γυμνουμένουσ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ποταμὸν φάναι τὸν ὠκεανὸν εἰκάζει τὸ ῥοῶδεσ αὐτοῦ τὸ περὶ τὰσ πλημμυρίδασ ἐμφανίζεσθαι. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 1 14:7)

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

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