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

  • "καί ἀνδρὸσ δὲ ψυχὴ πάλιν ἐλθεῖν οὔτε λεϊστὴ οὔτε ἑλετή, ἐπεὶ ἄρ κεν ἀμείψεται ἑρ́κοσ ὀδόντων. (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 2612)
  • ληϊστοὶ μὲν γάρ τε βόεσ καὶ ἴφια μῆλα, κτητοὶ δὲ τρίποδέσ τε καὶ ἵππων ξανθὰ κάρηνα, ἀνδρὸσ δὲ ψυχὴ πάλιν ἐλθεῖν οὔτε λεϊστὴ οὔθ’ ἑλετή, ἐπεὶ ἄρ κεν ἀμείψεται ἑρ́κοσ ὀδόντων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 23:17)

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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