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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

  • ὁ Λυκοῦργοσ δὲ καὶ αὐτόσ, ὦ Σόλων, ἐμαστιγοῦτο ἐφ’ ἡλικίασ, ἢ ἐκπρόθεσμοσ ὢν ἤδη τοῦ ἀγῶνοσ ἀσφαλῶσ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐνεανιεύσατο; (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 39:1)
  • 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)
  • ἑπτὰ μὲν ἡμερῶν ἡ πᾶσα βασιλεία, καὶ ἢν ἐκπρόθεσμοσ τούτων γένωμαι, ἰδιώτησ εὐθύσ εἰμι καὶ τοῦ πολλοῦ δήμου εἷσ· (Lucian, Saturnalia, 2:6)
  • ἀπαιτῶν γὰρ παρά τινοσ τῶν μαθητῶν τὸν μισθὸν ἠγανάκτει, λέγων ὑπερήμερον εἶναι καὶ ἐκπρόθεσμον τοῦ ὀφλήματοσ, ὃν ἔδει πρὸ ἑκκαίδεκα ἡμερῶν ἐκτετικέναι τῇ ἕνῃ καὶ νέᾳ· (Lucian, 166:2)

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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