Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τυφωνοειδῶς

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τυφωνοειδῶς

Etym.: Tufw=n

Sense

  1. like a whirlwind

Examples

  • " καὶ Τίμαιοσ δὲ περὶ τῶν Πιθηκουσσῶν φησιν ὑπὸ τῶν παλαιῶν πολλὰ παραδοξολογεῖσθαι, μικρὸν δὲ πρὸ ἑαυτοῦ τὸν Ἐπωπέα λόφον ἐν μέσῃ τῇ νήσῳ τιναγέντα ὑπὸ σεισμῶν ἀναβαλεῖν πῦρ καὶ τὸ μεταξὺ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆσ θαλάττησ ἐξῶσαι ἐπὶ τὸ πέλαγοσ, τὸ δ’ ἐκτεφρωθὲν τῆσ γῆσ μετεωρισμὸν λαβὸν κατασκῆψαι πάλιν τυφωνοειδῶσ εἰσ τὴν νῆσον, καὶ ἐπὶ τρεῖσ τὴν θάλατταν ἀναχωρῆσαι σταδίουσ, ἀναχωρήσασαν δὲ μετ’ οὐ πολὺ ὑποστρέψαι καὶ τῇ παλιρροίᾳ κατακλύσαι τὴν νῆσον, καὶ γενέσθαι σβέσιν τοῦ ἐν αὐτῇ πυρόσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 4 18:9)

Synonyms

  1. like a whirlwind

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

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