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ἐκλυτήριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκλυτήριος ἐκλυτήριον

Structure: ἐκλυτηρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)klu/w

Sense

  1. of or for release: - , a release, an expiatory offering

Examples

  • αὐτὸσ δ’ ‐ ἐν ὡραίῳ γὰρ ἕσταμεν βίου ‐ θνῄσκειν ἕτοιμοσ πατρίδοσ ἐκλυτήριον. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 5:8)
  • πῶσ οὐκ, ὅθ’ ἡ ῥαψῳδὸσ ἐνθάδ’ ἦν κύων, ηὔδασ τι τοῖσδ’ ἀστοῖσιν ἐκλυτήριον; (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 6:3)

Similar forms

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

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