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χωστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χωστός χωστή χωστόν

Structure: χωστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: 분사형

Sense

  1. made by earth thrown up

Examples

  • ὁ γὰρ Ἄμβρακοσ ἔστι μὲν χωρίον εὖ κατεσκευασμένον καὶ προτειχίσμασι καὶ τείχει, κεῖται δ’ ἐν λίμναισ, μίαν ἀπὸ τῆσ χώρασ στενὴν καὶ χωστὴν ἔχον πρόσοδον, ἐπίκειται δ’ εὐκαίρωσ τῇ τε χώρᾳ τῶν Ἀμβρακιωτῶν καὶ τῇ πόλει. (Polybius, Histories, book 4, chapter 61 7:1)

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

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