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Ἀσκληπίειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἀσκληπίειος

Structure: Ἀσκληπιει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of, belonging to Asclepius, his festival

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ αὖ κἀκείνουσ ἑώρων, Ἑρμόδωρον μὲν τὸν Ἐπικούρειον χιλίων ἕνεκα δραχμῶν ἐπιορκοῦντα, τὸν Στωϊκὸν δὲ Ἀγαθοκλέα περὶ μισθοῦ τῷ μαθητῇ δικαζόμενον, Κλεινίαν δὲ τὸν ῥήτορα ἐκ τοῦ Ἀσκληπιείου φιάλην ὑφαιρούμενον, τὸν δὲ Κυνικὸν Ἡρόφιλον ἐν τῷ χαμαιτυπείῳ καθεύδοντα. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 16:2)

Synonyms

  1. of

Related

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

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