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τεναγώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τεναγώδης τεναγώδες

Structure: τεναγωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. covered with shoal-water, standing in pools

Examples

  • Ὁ δὲ Ἰνδὸσ ποταμὸσ ὅτι μέγιστοσ ποταμῶν ἐστι τῶν κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν τε καὶ τὴν Εὐρώπην, πλὴν Γάγγου, καὶ τούτου Ἰνδοῦ ποταμοῦ, καὶ ὅτι αἱ πηγαί εἰσιν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τάδε τοῦ ὄρουσ τοῦ Παραπαμίσου ἤ Καυκάσου, καὶ ὅτι ἐκδίδωσιν ἐσ τὴν μεγάλην θάλασσαν τὴν κατὰ Ἰνδοὺσ ὡσ ἐπὶ νότον ἄνεμον, καὶ ὅτι δίστομόσ ἐστιν ὁ Ἰνδὸσ καὶ αἱ ἐκβολαὶ αὐτοῦ ἀμφότεραι τεναγώδεισ, καθάπερ αἱ πέντε τοῦ Ἴστρου, καὶ ὅτι Δέλτα ποιεῖ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐν τῇ Ἰνδῶν γῇ τῷ Αἰγυπτίῳ Δέλτα παραπλήσιον καὶ τοῦτο Πάταλα καλεῖται τῇ Ἰνδῶν φωνῇ, ταῦτα μὲν ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ τὰ μάλιστα οὐκ ἀμφίλογα καὶ ἐμοὶ ἀναγεγράφθω. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 5, chapter 4 1:1)
  • ἐκπεσεῖν δὲ κατὰ τὴν Ἰνδικὴν εἰσ ἅμμουσ καὶ τεναγώδεισ τόπουσ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 60 1:3)
  • διάρσει γὰρ ἱστίων θέουσαι καὶ διὰ τὴν τῶν πνευμάτων βίαν πολλάκισ νυκτὸσ ὠθούμεναι, ὁτὲ μὲν πέτραισ προσπεσοῦσαι ναυαγοῦσι, ποτὲ δ’ εἰσ τεναγώδεισ ἰσθμοὺσ ἐμπίπτουσιν· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 40 5:1)
  • Ἀννίβασ δ’ ἐπιμελῶσ ἐξητακὼσ τεναγώδεισ καὶ στερεοὺσ ὑπάρχοντασ τοὺσ κατὰ τὴν δίοδον τόπουσ, ἀναζεύξασ εἰσ μὲν τὴν πρωτοπορείαν ἔθηκε τοὺσ Λίβυασ καὶ Ἴβηρασ καὶ πᾶν τὸ χρησιμώτερον μέροσ τῆσ σφετέρασ δυνάμεωσ, συγκαταμίξασ αὐτοῖσ τὴν ἀποσκευήν, ἵνα πρὸσ τὸ παρὸν εὐπορῶσι τῶν ἐπιτηδείων· (Polybius, Histories, book 3, chapter 79 1:2)

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

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