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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 πρό γε τῶν μαγείρων ἅπαντεσ ἄνθρωποι καὶ δυσουροῦντεσ πολλάκισ καὶ παντάπασιν ἰσχουροῦντεσ, ὅταν ἀλγῶσι μὲν τὰ κατὰ τὰσ ψόασ, ψαμμώδη δ’ ἐξουρῶσιν, νεφριτικοὺσ ὀνομάζουσι σφᾶσ αὐτούσ. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 133)
  • καὶ τῷδε τῷ λόγῳ πίσυνοσ ὁ Κουρίων θέρουσ θερμοῦ περὶ τρίτην ὡρ́αν ἡμέρασ ἦγε τὸ κράτιστον τῆσ στρατιᾶσ ἐπὶ τὸν Σαβούρραν, ὁδὸν ψαμμώδη καὶ ἄνυδρον· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 7 2:2)

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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