Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • Ἀνδρέασ δ’ ἐν τῷ περὶ τῶν ψευδῶσ πεπιστευμένων ψεῦδόσ φησιν εἶναι τὸ μύραιναν ἔχει μίγνυσθαι προερχομένην ἐπὶ τὸ τεναγῶδεσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 90 3:1)
  • καὶ οὕτωσ ἐσ οὐ πολὺ ὕδωρ ὁ Εὐφράτησ τελευτῶν καὶ τεναγῶδεσ [ἐσ] τοῦτο οὕτωσ ἀποπαύεται. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 7 5:3)
  • γενομένου δὲ τοῦ διωγμοῦ πρὸσ τὸ τεναγῶδεσ μέροσ τοῦ λιμένοσ, οὐκ ὀλίγαι τῶν τριήρων ἐν τοῖσ βράχεσιν ἐπώκειλαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiii, chapter 13 7:1)
  • φησὶ δ’ Ὀνησίκριτοσ τὴν πλείστην παραλίαν τὴν ταύτῃ πολὺ τὸ τεναγῶδεσ ἔχειν καὶ μάλιστα κατὰ τὰ στόματα τῶν ποταμῶν διά τε τὴν χοῦν καὶ τὰσ πλημμυρίδασ καὶ τὸ μὴ πνεῖν ἀπογαίουσ ἀλλ’ ὑπὸ τῶν πελαγίων ἀνέμων κατέχεσθαι τούτουσ τοὺσ τόπουσ τὸ πλέον. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 68:1)

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

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