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ὑπόψαμμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόψαμμος ὑπόψαμμον

Structure: ὑποψαμμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. having sand under, somewhat sandy

Examples

  • καὶ νῦν Κάρπαθον μὲν καὶ Κάσον καὶ ἄλλασ νήσουσ οἰκουμένασ ἔστιν ἰδεῖν, οὐδὲν ἐχούσασ ὅ τι εἴπωσι καὶ παρ’ ὧν φόρον ἐκλέγειν ὑμῖν πρὸ τοῦ μικρὸν ἦν, καὶ ἄλλα πολίσματα ὑπόψαμμα λυπρὰ καὶ ἀμφισβητήσιμα. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 8:7)

Synonyms

  1. having sand under

Related

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

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