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ψευδόλιτρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψευδόλιτρος ψευδόλιτρον

Structure: ψευδολιτρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: attic for yeudo/nitros

Sense

  1. made from adulterated soda

Examples

  • εἰ δ’ ἐγὼ ὀρθὸσ ἰδεῖν βίον ἀνέροσ ἢ τρόπον ὅστισ ἔτ’ οἰμώξεται, οὐ πολὺν οὐδ’ ὁ πίθηκοσ οὗτοσ ὁ νῦν ἐνοχλῶν, Κλειγένησ ὁ μικρόσ, ὁ πονηρότατοσ βαλανεὺσ ὁπόσοι κρατοῦσι κυκησιτέφρου ψευδολίτρου κονίασ καὶ Κιμωλίασ γῆσ, χρόνον ἐνδιατρίψει· (Aristophanes, Frogs, Parabasis, antistrophe1)

Similar forms

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

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