πρόσχωμα

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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Full diacritics: πρόσχωμα Medium diacritics: πρόσχωμα Low diacritics: πρόσχωμα Capitals: ΠΡΟΣΧΩΜΑ
Transliteration A: próschōma Transliteration B: proschōma Transliteration C: proschoma Beta Code: pro/sxwma

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό,

   A alluvial deposit, π. Νείλου, of the Delta of the Nile, A.Pr.847; ποταμῶν Str.13.1.36.    II mound raised for attacking a city, LXX 2 Ki.20.15, al.

German (Pape)

[Seite 789] τό, der vom Wasser, bes. von Flüssen abgesetzte Schlamm, das Angeschwemmte, Νείλου, Aesch. Prom. 849. τό, der vom Wasser, bes. von Flüssen abgesetzte Schlamm, das Angeschwemmte, Νείλου, Aesch. Prom. 849.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πρόσχωμα: τό, πρόσχωσις, γῆ σχηματιζομένη ἐκ τῆς ἰλύος ποταμοῦ, πρ. Νείλου, ἐπὶ τοῦ Δέλτα τοῦ Νείλου, Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 847, πρβλ. Στράβ. 598. ΙΙ. συσσώρευσις χώματος ἐν εἴδει λόφου πρὸς ἐπίθεσιν ἐναντίον πόλεως, Ἑβδ. (Β΄ Βασιλ. Κ΄, 15).