Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὕφορμος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὕφορμος

Etym.: from u(formi/zomai

Sense

  1. an anchorage

Examples

  • μεταξὺ δὲ ὅ τε Στόρασ ποταμὸσ καὶ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ὕφορμοσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 3 12:4)
  • ἐγγὺσ δὲ καὶ Μέταυροσ ποταμὸσ καὶ ὕφορμοσ ὁμώνυμοσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 6, chapter 1 10:25)
  • εἶτα Νότιον ὕφορμοσ αἰγιαλόσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 1 63:3)
  • εἶτα Λαί̈ουσ, καὶ οὗτοσ ὕφορμοσ αἰγιαλόσ, ὅθεν εἰσ τὴν πόλιν ἑξήκοντα σταδίων ἰσθμόσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 1 63:4)
  • εἶθ’ ὁ Μέλασ ποταμὸσ καὶ ὕφορμοσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 4 4:9)

Related

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

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