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ψαμμώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψαμμώδης ψαμμώδες

Structure: ψαμμωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. like sand, sandy

Examples

  • καὶ οὔτε Πύλαι Κιλίκιοι φόβον παρέχουσιν οὔτε στεναὶ καὶ ψαμμώδεισ δι’ Ἀράβων ἐπ’ Αἴγυπτον πάροδοι, οὐκ ὄρη δύσβατα, οὐ ποταμῶν ἄπειρα μεγέθη, οὐ γένη βαρβάρων ἄμικτα, ἀλλ’ εἰσ ἀσφάλειαν ἐξαρκεῖ Ῥωμαῖον εἶναι, μᾶλλον δὲ ἕνα τῶν ὑφ’ ὑμῖν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 29:10)

Synonyms

  1. like sand

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

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