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ἔκκλητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκκλητος ἔκκλητον

Structure: ἐκκλητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)kkale/w

Sense

  1. selected to judge or arbitrate, umpire, a committee of citizens chosen

Examples

  • εἰ μὲν τοίνυν ἦν ὁ ἀγὼν οὑτοσὶ ἐν πόλει ἐκκλήτῳ, ὑμᾶσ ἂν ἔγωγε ἠξίωσα μάρτυράσ μοι γενέσθαι, τοὺσ ἄριστα εἰδότασ ὅτι ἀληθῆ λέγω· (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 891)

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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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