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ἔκπλεος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκπλεος ἔκπλεη ἔκπλεον

Structure: ἐκπλε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. quite full
  2. complete, abundant

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ αὐτὰ ταῦτα τὰ κοῖλα αὐτῆσ, ὕδατόσ τε καὶ ἀέροσ ἔκπλεα ὄντα, χρώματόσ τι εἶδοσ παρέχεσθαι στίλβοντα ἐν τῇ τῶν ἄλλων χρωμάτων ποικιλίᾳ, ὥστε ἕν τι αὐτῆσ εἶδοσ συνεχὲσ ποικίλον φαντάζεσθαι. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 888:3)
  • οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι ὥσπερ ἐν ἵπποισ οὕτωσ καὶ ἐν ἀνθρώποισ τισὶν ἐγγίγνεται, ὅσῳ ἂν ἔκπλεα τὰ δέοντα ἔχωσι, τοσούτῳ ὑβριστοτέροισ εἶναι. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 10 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. quite full

  2. complete

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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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