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χερσαῖος

Second declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χερσαῖος χερσαίου

Structure: χερσαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. (geography) peninsula

Declension

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

  • ὁ δὲ ἀλωπεκίασ ὅμοιόσ ἐστι τῇ γεύσει τῷ χερσαίῳ ζῴῳ, διὸ καὶ τοῦ ὀνόματοσ ἔτυχε, καὶ ἡ βατὶσ δὲ εὔστομοσ, ἡ δὲ ἀστερία βατὶσ ἁπαλωτέρα καὶ εὔχυλοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 53 1:5)
  • τὸν δ’ οὖν Σόλωνά φασιν εἰσ Σάρδεισ δεηθέντι τῷ Κροίσῳ παραγενόμενον, παθεῖν τι παραπλήσιον ἀνδρὶ χερσαίῳ κατιόντι πρῶτον ἐπὶ θάλατταν. (Plutarch, , chapter 27 2:1)
  • ἔστι γὰρ παρ’ αὐτοῖσ ὀρνέου τι γένοσ μεμιγμένην ἔχον τὴν φύσιν τῷ χερσαίῳ ζῴῳ, δι’ ἣν τῆσ συνθέτου τέτευχε προσηγορίασ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 28 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. peninsula

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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