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ἑλκτέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑλκτέος ἑλκτέον

Structure: ἑλκτε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(/lkw의 분사형,

Sense

  1. one must drag

Examples

  • πρόθυρα μὲν καὶ σχῆμα κύκλῳ περὶ ἐμαυτὸν σκιαγραφίαν ἀρετῆσ περιγραπτέον, τὴν δὲ τοῦ σοφωτάτου Ἀρχιλόχου ἀλώπεκα ἑλκτέον ἐξόπισθεν κερδαλέαν καὶ ποικίλην. (Plato, Republic, book 2 78:2)

Synonyms

  1. one must drag

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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