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σύσκιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σύσκιος σύσκιον

Structure: συσκι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: skia/

Sense

  1. closely shaded, thickly shaded, a closely-shaded place

Declension

First/Second 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

  • αὐτοῦ δ’ ἦν καὶ τὸ τοῦ Ἀνδροκράτουσ ἡρῷον ἐγγύσ, ἄλσει πυκνῶν καὶ συσκίων δένδρων περιεχόμενον. (Plutarch, , chapter 11 7:2)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ τὰσ θύρασ κεκλεισμένασ εὑρόντεσ ἐξέκοψαν, οὐ φαινομένου τοῦ Κικέρωνοσ οὐδὲ τῶν ἔνδον εἰδέναι φασκόντων, λέγεται νεανίσκον τινά τεθραμμένον μὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ Κικέρωνοσ ἐν γράμμασιν ἐλευθερίοισ καὶ μαθήμασιν, ἀπελεύθερον δὲ Κοΐντου τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ, Φιλόλογον τοὔνομα, φράσαι τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τὸ φορεῖον κομιζόμενον διὰ τῶν καταφύτων καὶ συσκίων περιπάτων ἐπὶ τὴν θάλατταν. (Plutarch, Cicero, chapter 48 1:2)

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

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