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ἀψόρροος

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Transliteration A: apsórroos Transliteration B: apsorroos Transliteration C: apsorroos Beta Code: a)yo/rroos

English (LSJ)

ον, contr.ἀψίνθ-ρρους, ουν, (ἄψ, ῥέω)

   A back-flowing, refluent, Homeric epith. of Ocean, regarded as a stream encircling the earth and flowing back into itself, Il.18.399, Od.20.65.

French (Bailly abrégé)

οος, οον;
qui reflue sur soi-même (l’Océan).
Étymologie: ἄψ, ῥέω.

English (Autenrieth)

(ὄρνῦμι): returning, back again, back; with verbs of motion, ἄψορροι ἐκίομεν, Il. 21.456; mostly neut. sing. as adv., ἄψορρον βῆναι, καταβῆναι, προσέφην, Od. 9.501.
(ῥέω): back-flowing; of the stream of Oceanus that returns into itself, Il. 18.399†.