Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀρχέπολις

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρχέπολις

Sense

  1. ruling a city

Examples

  • Μάρτυρεσ τὸν δὲ Μάνην, δανείσασ ἀργύριον Ἀρχεπόλιδι τῷ Πειραιεῖ, ἐπειδὴ οὐχ οἱο͂́σ τ’ ἦν αὐτῷ ἀποδοῦναι ὁ Ἀρχέπολισ οὔτε τὸν τόκον οὔτε τὸ ἀρχαῖον ἅπαν, ἐναπετίμησεν αὐτῷ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 24:1)
  • καὶ "Ἀρχέπολίσ" γε τῶν μὲν γραμμάτων τί ἐπικοινωνεῖ; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 67:1)

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

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