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ἑκστάδιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑκστάδιος ἑκστάδιον

Structure: ἑκσταδι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(/c, sta/dion

Sense

  1. six stades long

Examples

  • καιρὸσ γὰρ σὲ ἤδη μὲν νενικηκότα τηλικαύτην μάχην ἐν Βαβυλῶνι εὐωχεῖσθαι τὰ ἐπινίκια ‐ ἐκστάδιοσ γὰρ οἶμαί σοι ἡ ἀρχή ‐ Τιμόλαον δὲ ἐν τῷ μέρει εὔχεσθαι ὅπερ ἂν ἐθέλῃ. (Lucian, 66:2)

Synonyms

  1. six stades long

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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