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ἔκβλητος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: ekblētos

Principal Part: ἔκβλητος ἔκβλητον

Structure: ἐκβλητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. thrown out or away

Examples

  • "νέκυες γὰρ κοπρίων ἐκβλητότεροι καθ Ἡράκλειτον, κρέας δὲ πᾶν νεκρόν ἐστι καὶ νεκροῦ μέρος: (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 12:9)
  • ἴσα κοπρίαις ἡγοῦνται τὰ νεκρὰ σώματα, καθάπερ Ἡράκλειτός φησι νέκυες κοπρίων ἐκβλητότεροι. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 51:15)
  • οὕτως γὰρ ἐρεῖς καὶ ὅτι "ᾔδειν θνητὸς ὤν", "ᾔδειν ἀποδημητικὸς ὤν", "ᾔδειν ἔκβλητος ὤν" 3, "ᾔδειν εἰς φυλακὴν ἀπότακτος ὤν". (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 105:2)

Synonyms

  1. thrown out or away

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

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