Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑλετός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑλετός ἑλετή ἑλετόν

Structure: ἑλετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(lei=n

Sense

  1. that can be taken or caught

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ τισ ἐγγὺσ ἰὼν αὐτοσχεδὸν ἔγχεϊ μακρῷ ἢ ξίφειοὐτάζων δήϊον ἄνδρ’ ἑλέτω· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 154)
  • ἀλλ’ ἑλέτω σε καὶ ὕπνοσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 20 7:6)

Synonyms

  1. that can be taken or caught

Related

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

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