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

  • τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ὥσπερ ἀρχέτυπον ἐκκείσθω καθαρὸν καὶ ἀμώμητον εὐμενείασ καὶ μεγαλοφροσύνησ. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 18 4:1)
  • ἐκ τούτου μέγιστοσ ἦν παρ’ αὐτῷ καὶ παρεῖχεν εὔνουν ἑαυτόν, ὥστ’ ἀριστεύων ἐν τῇ περὶ Σαλαμῖνα ναυμαχίᾳ πεσεῖν ὑπὲρ τῆσ ἐκείνου δόξησ τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ὥσπερ ἀρχέτυπον ἐκκείσθω καθαρὸν καὶ ἀμώμητον εὐμενείασ καὶ μεγαλοφροσύνησ. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 18 8:1)
  • Ἐκκείσθω τισ εὐθεῖα ἡ ΔΕ πεπερασμένη μὲν κατὰ τὸ Δ ἄπειροσ δὲ κατὰ τὸ Ε, καὶ κείσθω τῇ μὲν Α ἴση ἡ ΔΖ, τῇ δὲ Β ἴση ἡ ΖΗ, τῇ δὲ Γ ἴση ἡ ΗΘ· (Euclid, Elements, book 1, type Prop282)
  • Ἐκκείσθω τισ εὐθεῖα ἡ ΑΒ, καὶ τετμήσθω κατὰ τὸ Γ σημεῖον, ὥστε τὸ ὑπὸ τῶν ΑΒ, ΒΓ περιεχόμενον ὀρθογώνιον ἴσον εἶναι τῷ ἀπὸ τῆσ ΓΑ τετραγώνῳ· (Euclid, Elements, book 4, type Prop160)
  • Ἐκκείσθω τρίγωνον ἰσοσκελὲσ τὸ ΖΗΘ διπλασίονα ἔχον ἑκατέραν τῶν πρὸσ τοῖσ Η, Θ γωνιῶν τῆσ πρὸσ τῷ Ζ, καὶ ἐγγεγράφθω εἰσ τὸν ΑΒΓΔΕ κύκλον τῷ ΖΗΘ τριγώνῳ ἰσογώνιον τρίγωνον τὸ ΑΓΔ, ὥστε τῇ μὲν πρὸσ τῷ Ζ γωνίᾳ ἴσην εἶναι τὴν ὑπὸ ΓΑΔ, ἑκατέραν δὲ τῶν πρὸσ τοῖσ Η, Θ ἴσην ἑκατέρᾳ τῶν ὑπὸ ΑΓΔ, ΓΔΑ· (Euclid, Elements, book 4, type Prop187)

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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