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ἔγκαρπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔγκαρπος ἔγκαρπον

Structure: ἐγκαρπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. containing fruit

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ὅτι ἀπορίη ἦν πεζῇ διασωθῆναι πάντα αὐτῷ τὸν στρατόν, ἐπὶ τῷδε ἄρα ἐκπέμψαι τὰσ νέασ, ἀλλὰ ἐθέλοντα αἰγιαλούσ τε τοὺσ κατὰ τὸν παράπλοον κατασκέψασθαι καὶ ὁρ́μουσ καὶ νησῖδασ, καὶ ὅστισ κόλποσ ἐσέχοι, ἐκπεριπλῶσαι τοῦτον, καὶ πόλιασ ὅσαι ἐπιθαλάσσιαι, καὶ εἴ τισ ἔγκαρποσ γῆ καὶ εἴ τισ ἐρήμη. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 32 11:1)
  • προστεθείσησ δὲ τῆσ αἰτίασ ἔγκαρποσ ἡ τῆσ ἱστορίασ γίνεται χρῆσισ. (Polybius, Histories, book 12, chapter 25b 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. containing fruit

Related

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

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