Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δραστέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δραστέος δραστέα δραστέον

Structure: δραστε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dra/w의 분사형

Sense

  1. to be done
  2. one must do

Examples

  • γενναῖον ἄνδρ’ ἔλεξασ, εὖ τε δραστέον. (Euripides, episode 1:2)
  • δραστέον δ’ ἃ σοὶ δοκεῖ. (Euripides, Heracles, episode7)
  • δραστέον δ’ ἅ σοι δοκεῖ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 3:30)
  • ἀλλ’ αὐτόχειρί μοι μόνῃ τε δραστέον τοὔργον τόδ’· (Sophocles, episode 5:5)
  • ὅμωσ δ’ ἵν’ ἕσταμεν χρείασ, ἄμεινον ἐκμαθεῖν τι δραστέον. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 1:16)

Synonyms

  1. to be done

  2. one must do

Related

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

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