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ὕφαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὕφαλος ὕφαλον

Structure: ὑφαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a(/ls

Sense

  1. under the sea, of the deep, the lower waters

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

  • "τὸ μόρον τὸ βατῶδεσ, ξηρανθείσησ τῆσ σφαίρασ τῆσ συκαμινώδουσ, σπερματικὰσ ἔχει τὰσ διαγονάσ, καθάπερ ὑφάλουσ, καὶ διαφυὰσ ἔχει ψαθυρὰσ καὶ εὐχύμουσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 372)
  • φασὶ δὲ καὶ νήεσσιν ἁλιπλανέεσσι χερείουσ τὰσ ὑφάλουσ πέτρασ τῶν φανερῶν σπιλάδων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 390 1:1)

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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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