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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

  • τίνεσ γὰρ οἵδε βάκτρα νωμῶντεσ χεροῖν, κάρηνα φύλλοισ ἀκτέασ καταστεφεῖσ; (Lucian, 17)
  • τοῖοσ Ἑλλάνων δι’ ἀπείρονα κύκλον φαῖνε θαυμαστὸν δέμασ, δισκὸν τροχοειδέα ῥίπτων, καὶ μελαμφύλλου κλάδον ἀκτέασ ἐσ αἰπεινὰν προπέμπων αἰθέρ’ ἐκ χειρὸσ βοὰν ὤτρυνε λαῶν, ἢ τελευταίασ ἀμάρυγμα πάλασ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 9 4:2)

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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