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δωροδόκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δωροδόκος δωροδόκον

Structure: δωροδοκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: de/xomai

Sense

  1. taking presents or bribes

Examples

  • ὅταν δ’ ἐπὶ δωροδόκου καὶ πονηροῦ καὶ παντὸσ ἥττονοσ λήμματοσ, ἀποκλείειν καὶ πικρῶσ καὶ ἐναντίωσ ἀκούειν, ὡσ πονηρία δυνάμεωσ δόξαν εὑρομένη παρ’ ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐστίν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 431:3)
  • οὕτωσ οὖν ἀκούετε τούτου ὡσ πονηροῦ καὶ δωροδόκου καὶ οὐδ’ ὁτιοῦν ἐροῦντοσ ἀληθέσ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 432:3)

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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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