Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐξωτέρω

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Principal Part: ἐξωτέρω

Etym.: comp. of e)/cw

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Examples

  • τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτοῦ ἀπόλοιτο ἐκ γῆσ, καὶ ὑπάρξει ὄνομα αὐτῷ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐξωτέρω. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 18:17)
  • "αὗται δὲ προὔχουσι μικρὸν ἐπ’ εὐθείασ ἐξωτέρω. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 49 1:5)
  • ἀλλ’, ὡσ ἂν εἰδῆτ’, οὐ γὰρ οἶδ’ ὅπη τελεῖ, ὥσπερ ξὺν ἵπποισ ἡνιοστροφῶ δρόμου ἐξωτέρω· (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode, anapests 1:1)
  • ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ἔσεσθαι ὅμοιον τῷ παραδείγματι, ἐὰν μὴ μονογενὴσ ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ἔσεσθαι αὐτὸν ἄφθαρτον, ἐὰν ᾖ τι ἐξωτέρω αὐτοῦ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 1, 3:3)
  • τὰ δὲ μακρὰ ἀπολείπεσθαι ποιεῖ, ὥσπερ οἱ ἐξωτέρω ἀποκάμπτοντεσ τοῦ τέρματοσ· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 9 6:3)
  • καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ τοίχουσ τοῦ οἴκου κύκλῳ ἐγκολαπτὰ ἔγραψε γραφίδι Χερουβίμ, καὶ φοίνικεσ τῷ ἐσωτέρῳ καὶ τῷ ἐξωτέρῳ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 6:28)

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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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