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συμπληγάς

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: συμπληγάς συμπληγάδος

Structure: συμπληγαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: sumplh/ssw

Sense

  1. striking or dashing together, justling

Declension

Third 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

  • αἱ μὲν οὖν συμπληγάδεσ ἔκτοτε ἔστησαν· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 22:8)
  • χαλεπὰσ γάρ τινασ μυθεύει πέτρασ, καθάπερ τὰσ Κυανέασ φασίν, ἐξ οὗ καὶ Συμπληγάδεσ καλοῦνται· (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 2 24:7)

Synonyms

  1. striking or dashing together

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

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