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ἔκβλητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκβλητος ἔκβλητον

Structure: ἐκβλητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)kba/llw

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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