Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐγκριτέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγκριτέος ἐγκριτέον

Structure: ἐγκριτε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)gkri/nw의 분사형

Sense

  1. one must admit

Examples

  • πρῶτον δὴ ἡμῖν, ὡσ ἐοίκεν, ἐπιστατητέον τοῖσ μυθοποιοῖσ, καὶ ὃν μὲν ἂν καλὸν μῦθον ποιήσωσιν, ἐγκριτέον, ὃν δ’ ἂν μή, ἀποκριτέον. (Plato, Republic, book 2 340:1)
  • τηρητέον δὴ εὐθὺσ ἐκ παίδων προθεμένοισ ἔργα ἐν οἷσ ἄν τισ τὸ τοιοῦτον μάλιστα ἐπιλανθάνοιτο καὶ ἐξαπατῷτο, καὶ τὸν μὲν μνήμονα καὶ δυσεξαπάτητον ἐγκριτέον, τὸν δὲ μὴ ἀποκριτέον. (Plato, Republic, book 3 578:2)
  • ἐν πᾶσι δὴ τούτοισ, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, τοῖσ τε πόνοισ καὶ μαθήμασι καὶ φόβοισ ὃσ ἂν ἐντρεχέστατοσ ἀεὶ φαίνηται, εἰσ ἀριθμόν τινα ἐγκριτέον. (Plato, Republic, book 7 451:1)

Synonyms

  1. one must admit

Similar forms

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

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