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ψωραλέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψωραλέος ψωραλέᾱ ψωραλέον

Structure: ψωραλε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from yw/ra

Sense

  1. scabby, mangy

Examples

  • καὶ τότε ἂν ἴδοισ τὸν μὲν ὠκὺν ἐκεῖνον ἵππον καὶ μέγαν καὶ σοβαρὸν ἀπαγορεύοντα, τὸν δὲ λεπτὸν καὶ ψωραλέον πρῶτα μὲν παραμείβοντα, ἔπειτα ἀπολείποντα, ἔπειτα ἐλαύνοντα τὸ θηρίον. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 23 3:1)
  • πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ἐν μικρῷ χωρίῳ ἦν, ἔπειτα λεπτὰ καὶ ψωραλέα, καὶ τὸ μὲν αὐτῶν χωλὸν ἦν, τὸ δὲ κολοβόν· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 4 15:4)

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

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