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ἀσκητής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσκητής ἀσκητές

Structure: ἀσκητη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)ske/w

Sense

  1. one who practises any art or trade, an athlete, one trained for the arena

Examples

  • εἰ γὰρ ἐπλούτει, πῶσ ἂν ποιῶν τὸν Ὀλυμπικὸν αὐτὸσ ἀγῶνα ἵνα τοὺσ Ἕλληνασ ἅπαντασ ἀεὶ δι’ ἔτουσ πέμπτου ξυναγείρει, ἀνεκήρυττεν τῶν ἀσκητῶν τοὺσ νικῶντασ στεφανώσασ κοτίνου στεφάνῳ; (Aristophanes, Plutus, Agon, epirrheme 1:36)
  • τί δὲ οἰεί διαφέρειν ὃ σὺ ποιεῖσ ἢ τῶν ἀσκητῶν ὄντα κρείττω τοὺσ ἰδιώτασ φοβεῖσθαι; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 7 8:1)
  • ἆρ’ οὖν ἡ τῶνδε τῶν ἀσκητῶν ἕξισ προσήκουσ’ ἂν εἰή τούτοισ; (Plato, Republic, book 3 372:1)

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

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