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συνηρεφής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: συνηρεφής συνηρεφές

Structure: συνηρεφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)re/fw

Sense

  1. thickly covered, clouded

Examples

  • ἐν Ἰνδοῖσ τοῖσ Μαχλαίοισ, οἳ τὰ λαιὰ τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ ποταμοῦ, εἰ κατὰ ῥοῦν αὐτοῦ βλέποισ, ἐπινεμόμενοι μέχρι πρὸσ τὸν Ὠκεανὸν καθήκουσι, παρὰ τούτοισ ἄλσοσ ἐστὶν ἐν περιφράκτῳ, οὐ πάνυ μεγάλῳ χωρίῳ, συνηρεφεῖ δέ· (Lucian, (no name) 6:2)
  • καὶ ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἤδη ἐκφυγόντεσ τὸν ἥλιον ἐν τῷ συνηρεφεῖ ἐσμεν, καὶ καθέδρα μάλα ἡδεῖα καὶ εὔκαιροσ ἐπὶ ψυχροῦ τοῦ λίθου. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 18:4)
  • "ἐπεὶ δ’ ἐν τῷ συνηρεφεῖ ἦν, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ὑλαγμὸσ ἐγένετο κυνῶν, κἀγὼ εἴκαζον Μνάσωνα τὸν υἱόν, ὥσπερ εἰώθει παίζειν καὶ κυνηγετεῖν εἰσ τὸ λάσιον μετὰ τῶν ἡλικιωτῶν παρελθόντα. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 20:2)

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

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