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ἐγκέλευστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγκέλευστος ἐγκέλευστον

Structure: ἐγκελευστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from e)gkeleu/w

Sense

  1. urged on, bidden, commanded

Examples

  • ἦν δὲ τὸ πένθοσ οὐχ ὑπεσταλμένον, ἀλλ’ οἰμωγαὶ διαπρύσιοι καὶ θρῆνοσ ἐγκέλευστοσ κοπετοί τε περιηχοῦντεσ ὅλην τὴν πόλιν ὡσ ἂν ἐπ’ ἀνδράσιν, οὓσ ἔφασκον ὑπὲρ τῶν πατρίων νόμων καὶ τοῦ ναοῦ πυρὶ παραπολέσθαι. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 9:1)

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

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