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ἀκταῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκταῖος ἀκταῖη ἀκταῖον

Structure: ἀκται (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)kth/

Sense

  1. on the coast, coast-land
  2. haunting the coast

Examples

  • καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα γελοιότατόν ἐστιν, ὁπόταν τισ ἄφνω ἀκούσῃ ὅτι ὁ Ἡρακλῆσ μὲν θεὸσ ἀπεδείχθη, ὁ δὲ Εὐρυσθεύσ, ὃσ ἐπέταττεν αὐτῷ, τέθνηκεν, καὶ πλησίον Ἡρακλέουσ νεὼσ οἰκέτου ὄντοσ καὶ Εὐρυσθέωσ τάφοσ τοῦ δεσπότου αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάλιν ἐν Θήβαισ Διόνυσοσ μὲν θεόσ, οἱ δ’ ἀνεψιοὶ αὐτοῦ ὁ Πενθεὺσ καὶ ὁ Ἀκταίων καὶ ὁ Λέαρχοσ ἀνθρώπων ἁπάντων κακοδαιμονέστατοι. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 7:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ὀλίγου δεῖν ὑπὸ τῶν Κυνικῶν ἐγώ σοι διεσπάσθην ὥσπερ ὁ Ἀκταίων ὑπὸ τῶν κυνῶν ἢ ὁ ἀνεψιὸσ αὐτοῦ ὁ Πενθεὺσ ὑπὸ τῶν Μαινάδων. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 3:4)
  • Μελίσσου υἱὸσ Ἀκταίων γίνεται, κάλλιστοσ καὶ σωφρονέστατοσ τῶν ὁμηλίκων, οὗ πλεῖστοι μὲν ἐγένοντο ἐρασταί, διαφερόντωσ δ’ Ἀρχίασ, γένουσ μὲν ὢν τοῦ τῶν Ἡρακλειδῶν, πλούτῳ δὲ καὶ τῇ ἄλλῃ δυνάμει λαμπρότατοσ Κορινθίων. (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 2 7:1)
  • δὲ καὶ τῶν γειτόνων καὶ ἀνθελκόντων, ἀνθελκόμενοσ ὁ Ἀκταίων διεφθάρη· (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 2 10:1)
  • Αὐτονόησ δὲ καὶ Ἀρισταίου παῖσ Ἀκταίων ἐγένετο, ὃσ τραφεὶσ παρὰ Χείρωνι κυνηγὸσ ἐδιδάχθη, καὶ ἔπειτα ὕστερον ἐν τῷ Κιθαιρῶνι κατεβρώθη ὑπὸ τῶν ἰδίων κυνῶν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 4 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. on the coast

Related

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

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