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δοξοκόπος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: doxokopos

Principal Part: δοξοκόπος δοξοκόπον

Structure: δοξοκοπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: κόπτω

Sense

  1. thirsting for popularity.

Examples

  • τοὺς δοξοκόπους ἐκβάλλουσιν ἐκ τῶν ἀγορῶν οἱ δῆμοι κραυγῇ καὶ ψόφῳ, καθάπερ οἶμαι τοὺς ψᾶρας οἱ γεωργοί. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 5:1)
  • τῷ δοξοκόπῳ δὲ οὐκ ἂν εἷς ἐπαινῶν ἐξαρκέσειεν, ἀλλ᾿ οὐδὲ χίλιοι πολλάκις. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 12:2)
  • τοῖς δὲ δοξοκόποις, ὅταν ἡσυχίας τυγχάνωσι, τότε μάλιστα ὕπνος οὐκ ἔπεισιν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 19:1)
  • οὐκοῦν τὸν δοξοκόπον ἅπασιν ἔξεστι τύπτειν τῷ παντὶ χαλεπωτέρας πληγὰς τῶν εἰς τὸ σῶμα καίτοι τοὺς μὲν ἀτίμους οὐκ ἂν εὑρ´οι τις ῥᾳδίως ὑπό τινος τοῦτο πάσχοντας: (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 25:2)
  • αἰτιάσονται γάρ, εὖ ἴστε, καὶ φήσουσι δοξοκόπον εἶναι καὶ μαινόμενον, ὅστις ἐμαυτὸν ὄχλῳ καὶ θορύβῳ παρέβαλον: (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 32:3)

Synonyms

  1. thirsting for popularity

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

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