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ἐκπρόθεσμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκπρόθεσμος ἐκπρόθεσμον

Structure: ἐκπροθεσμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. beyond the appointed day, too late for

Examples

  • σὺ δὲ ὁ οὕτωσ ὑψηλὸσ καταπεσὼν ἀνάσπαστοσ ἐκ τοῦ βασιλείου θρόνου τὴν αὐτὴν ὁδὸν ἄπει τοῖσ πολλοῖσ, ἰσότιμοσ ἐλαυνόμενοσ ἐν τῇ ἀγέλῃ τῶν νεκρῶν, χῶμα ὑψηλὸν ὑπὲρ γῆσ καὶ στήλην μακρὰν ἢ πυραμίδα εὔγραμμον τὰσ γωνίασ ἀπολιπών, ἐκπρόθεσμα καὶ ἀνεπαίσθητα φιλοτιμήματα· (Lucian, 68:2)

Synonyms

  1. beyond the appointed day

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

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