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σκιοειδής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκιοειδής σκιοειδές

Structure: σκιοειδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. fleeting like a shadow, shadowy

Examples

  • μνήματά τε καὶ τοὺσ τάφουσ κυλινδουμένη, περὶ ἃ δὴ καὶ ὤφθη ἄττα ψυχῶν σκιοειδῆ φαντάσματα, οἱᾶ παρέχονται αἱ τοιαῦται ψυχαὶ εἴδωλα, αἱ μὴ καθαρῶσ ἀπολυθεῖσαι ἀλλὰ τοῦ ὁρατοῦ μετέχουσαι, διὸ καὶ ὁρῶνται. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 456:1)

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

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