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Ἐπιμηθεύς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἐπιμηθεύς Ἐπιμηθέως

Structure: Ἐπιμηθευ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: mh=dos

Sense

  1. Epi-metheus, after-thought, Pro-metheus, fore-thought

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ μὴν ὁ Ἡσίοδοσ τὸν Προμηθέα ποιῶν τῷ Ἐπιμηθεῖ παρακελευόμενον μή ποτε δῶρα δέξασθαι πὰρ Ζηνὸσ Ὀλυμπίου ἀλλ’ ἀποπέμπειν ἐπὶ τῇ τῆσ τύχησ δυνάμει τῷ τοῦ Διὸσ ὀνόματι κέχρηται· (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 6 27:2)
  • ἐπειδὴ δ’ ἄγειν αὐτὰ πρὸσ φῶσ ἔμελλον, προσέταξαν Προμηθεῖ καὶ Ἐπιμηθεῖ κοσμῆσαί τε καὶ νεῖμαι δυνάμεισ ἑκάστοισ ὡσ πρέπει. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 100:1)

Related

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

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