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ἐφόριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐφόριος ἐφόριᾱ ἐφόριον

Structure: ἐφορι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o(/ros

Sense

  1. on the border or frontier

Examples

  • ἐνταῦθα γάρ, ὥσ γ’ ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, τἀρχαῖα συνῇσαν οἱ πρόσχωροι παρά θ’ ἡμῶν καὶ τῶν ἀστυγειτόνων, ὅθεν ὠνόμακεν ἀγορὰν ἐφορίαν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 51:7)
  • ὅσων τῷ παθόντι ζῶντι μετῆν, τούτων εἴργει τὸν δεδρακότα, πρῶτον μὲν τῆσ πατρίδοσ καὶ τῶν ἐν ταύτῃ πάντων καὶ ὁσίων καὶ ἱερῶν, τὴν ἐφορίαν ἀγορὰν ὁρ́ον προσγράψασ ἧσ εἴργεσθαί φησιν, εἶτα τῶν ἱερῶν τῶν ἐν Ἀμφικτύοσιν· (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 52:3)
  • ἔρημον δὲ εἶναι νῦν τὴν Ἀλαζίαν λέγει, κώμασ δὲ πολλὰσ τῶν Ἀλαζώνων οἰκεῖσθαι, δι’ ὧν Ὀδρύσησ ῥεῖ, ἐν δὲ ταύταισ τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα τιμᾶσθαι διαφερόντωσ, καὶ μάλιστα κατὰ τὴν ἐφορίαν τῶν Κυζικηνῶν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 3 40:8)

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

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