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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

  • τέναγοσ γὰρ εἶναι πολύ, καὶ βάθοσ οὐκ ἔχειν πλόϊμον τριήρει τὴν θάλατταν ὑπόψαμμον οὖσαν. (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 78 3:2)
  • Ἔφοροσ ὁ ἱστοριογράφοσ κατὰ θέροσ φησὶν ἀναχαλᾶσθαι τὴν ὅλην Αἴγυπτον καὶ οἱονεὶ ἐξιδροῦν τὸ πολὺ νᾶμα συνδίδωσι δ’ αὐτῇ καὶ ἡ Ἀραβία καὶ ἡ Λιβύη παρὰ τὸ ἀραιὸν καὶ ὑπόψαμμον. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 4, 8:1)

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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