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ἐξώλης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξώλης ἐξώλες

Structure: ἐξωλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)co/llumi

Sense

  1. utterly destroyed

Examples

  • εἰ γὰρ ἐξωλέστατοσ πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐγενόμην καὶ θηρίου ψυχὴν εἶχον ἀνημέρου, πάτερ, οὐκ ἂν ταῖσ σαῖσ εὐεργεσίαισ ἐνικήθην, ὃν κατήγαγεσ μέν, ὡσ ἔφησ αὐτόσ, προέκρινασ δὲ τοσούτων τέκνων, ἀπέδειξασ δὲ ζῶν βασιλέα, δι’ ὑπερβολὴν δὲ τῶν ἄλλων ἀγαθῶν ἐποίησασ ἐπίφθονον; (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 886:2)

Synonyms

  1. utterly destroyed

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

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