Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔκκειμαι

-μι athematic Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκκειμαι

Structure: ἐκ (Prefix) + κεί (Stem) + μαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. to be cast out or exposed
  2. to be set up in public, posted up
  3. to fall from out, be left bare of

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Δύο μεγεθῶν ἀνίσων ἐκκειμένων, ἐὰν ἀπὸ τοῦ μείζονοσ ἀφαιρεθῇ μεῖζον ἢ τὸ ἥμισυ καὶ τοῦ καταλειπομένου μεῖζον ἢ τὸ ἥμισυ, καὶ τοῦτο ἀεὶ γίγνηται, λειφθήσεταί τι μέγεθοσ, ὃ ἔσται ἔλασσον τοῦ ἐκκειμένου ἐλάσσονοσ μεγέθουσ. (Euclid, Elements, book 10, type Prop 11)
  • Καταλείπεται ἄρα ἀπὸ τοῦ ΑΒ μεγέθουσ τὸ ΑΚ μέγεθοσ ἔλασσον ὂν τοῦ ἐκκειμένου ἐλάσσονοσ μεγέθουσ τοῦ Γ· (Euclid, Elements, book 10, type Prop 112)
  • ἐδείχθη γὰρ ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ θεωρήματι τοῦ δεκάτου βιβλίου, ὅτι δύο μεγεθῶν ἀνίσων ἐκκειμένων, ἐὰν ἀπὸ τοῦ μείζονοσ ἀφαιρεθῇ μεῖζον ἢ τὸ ἥμισυ καὶ τοῦ καταλειπομένου μεῖζον ἢ τὸ ἥμισυ, καὶ τοῦτο ἀεὶ γίγνηται, λειφθήσεταί τι μέγεθοσ, ὃ ἔσται ἔλασσον τοῦ ἐκκειμένου ἐλάσσονοσ μεγέθουσ. (Euclid, Elements, book 12, type Prop33)

Synonyms

  1. to be cast out or exposed

Derived

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

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