Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

στεγανός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: στεγανός στεγανή στεγανόν

Structure: στεγαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ste/gw

Sense

  1. covering so as to keep out water, water-tight, waterproof
  2. covering, enclosing, confining
  3. closely covered, covered, roofed
  4. leakiness
  5. confinedly, through a tube

Examples

  • ὃσ ἐφ’ ἡμετέρᾳ γᾷ Πολυνείκουσ ἀρθεὶσ νεικέων ἐξ ἀμφιλόγων ὀξέα κλάζων ἀετὸσ εἰσ γᾶν ὣσ ὑπερέπτα, λευκῆσ χιόνοσ πτέρυγι στεγανόσ, πολλῶν μεθ’ ὅπλων ξύν θ’ ἱπποκόμοισ κορύθεσσιν. (Sophocles, Antigone, choral, anapests1)

Synonyms

  1. closely covered

Related

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

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