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ἀπωστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπωστός

Etym.: a)pwqe/w

Sense

  1. thrust or driven away from
  2. that can be driven away

Examples

  • τέλοσ δ’ ἀπωστὸσ γῆσ ἀπορριφθήσομαι, δοῦλοσ λόγοισιν ἀντ’ ἐλευθέρου φανείσ. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 1:15)
  • ὃ μὲν δὴ ὡσ ἀπωστὸσ τῆσ ἑωυτοῦ γίνεται, ἀπικνέεται ὀπίσω ἐσ τὴν Χίον· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 5 3:2)

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

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