Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκτέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκτέος ἀκτέα ἀκτέον

Structure: ἀκτε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gw의 분사형

Sense

  1. one must lead, one must keep
  2. one must go or march

Examples

  • καὶ τὴν μὲν Ἀκτέων’ Ἀρισταίῳ ποτὲ τεκοῦσαν εἶδον Αὐτονόην Ἰνώ θ’ ἅμα ἔτ’ ἀμφὶ δρυμοὺσ οἰστροπλῆγασ ἀθλίασ, τὴν δ’ εἶπέ τίσ μοι δεῦρο βακχείῳ ποδὶ στείχειν Ἀγαύην, οὐδ’ ἄκραντ’ ἠκούσαμεν· (Euripides, episode 2:3)
  • αὕτη μέν νυν ἡ ἑτέρη τῶν ἀκτέων, ἡ δὲ δὴ ἑτέρη ἀπὸ Περσέων ἀρξαμένη παρατέταται ἐσ τὴν Ἐρυθρὴν θάλασσαν, ἥ τε Περσικὴ καὶ ἀπὸ ταύτησ ἐκδεκομένη ἡ Ἀσσυρίη καὶ ἀπὸ Ἀσσυρίησ ἡ Ἀραβίη· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 39 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. one must lead

  2. one must go or march

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

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