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ἔκφορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκφορος ἔκφορον

Structure: ἐκφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)kfe/rw

Sense

  1. to be carried out, exportable
  2. to be made known or divulged
  3. prepared to weed out

Examples

  • αὐταὶ γάρ ἐσμεν, κοὐδεμί’ ἔκφοροσ λόγου. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, strophe 2 1:4)
  • ἐγὼ γάρ φημι χρῆναι, ὦ ἄνδρεσ ‐ οὐδεὶσ γὰρ ἔκφοροσ λόγοσ ‐ κοινῇ πάντασ ἡμᾶσ ζητεῖν μάλιστα μὲν ἡμῖν αὐτοῖσ διδάσκαλον ὡσ ἄριστον ‐ δεόμεθα γάρ ‐ ἔπειτα καὶ τοῖσ μειρακίοισ, μήτε χρημάτων φειδομένουσ μήτε ἄλλου μηδενόσ· (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 137:2)

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

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