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ἔμπαιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔμπαιος ἔμπαιον

Structure: ἐμπαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Perh. from e)n, pa/omai.

Sense

  1. possessed of or practised in

Examples

  • οἱο͂ν μέν τινα τοῦτον ἔχεισ ἐπίμαστον ἀλήτην, σίτου καὶ οἴνου κεχρημένον, οὐδέ τι ἔργων ἔμπαιον οὐδὲ βίησ, ἀλλ’ αὔτωσ ἄχθοσ ἀρούρησ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 20 63:2)

Synonyms

  1. possessed of or practised in

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

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