Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐφικτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐφικτός ἐφικτή ἐφικτόν

Structure: ἐφικτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from e)fikne/omai

Sense

  1. easy to reach, accessible

Examples

  • τὸ δ̓ αἴτιον τῆσ λύπησ, ὅτι ἠλπίκει, οἶμαι, ἢ ὄναρ ποτὲ ἰδὼν τοιοῦτον ἢ αὐτὸσ αὑτῷ ἀναπλάσασ, οὐ πρότερον ἐξετάσασ εἰ ἐφικτὰ εὔχεται καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἀνθρώπου φύσιν. (Lucian, 146:6)
  • ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν καὶ ἐν μέρει κοσμοίη τισ ἂν, ἡ δὲ ἐπὶ πᾶσι χάρισ ὥσπερ Ἶρισ τεταμένη καὶ τὴν πόλιν ὥσπερ λύραν ἁρμοττομένη σύμφωνον αὑτῇ τε καὶ τοῖσ ἔξω κόσμοισ, καὶ ἡ διὰ πάντων ὥσπερ τοῦ παρ’ Ὁμήρῳ χαλκοῦ μέχρι οὐρανοῦ διηνεκὴσ αἴγλη, τῷ ταῦτα ἐφικτὰ διηγήσασθαι; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 6:12)

Synonyms

  1. easy to reach

Related

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

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