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ἐνήλικος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐνήλικος ἐνήλικον

Structure: ἐνηλικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of age, in the prime of manhood

Examples

  • Ποσειδώνιοσ δ’ ὁ φιλόσοφοσ τοὺσ μέν ἐνηλίκουσ φησὶν ἀπολέσθαι τοῦ Βρούτου παῖδασ ὡσ ἱστόρηται, τρίτον δὲ λειφθῆναι νήπιον, ἀφ’ οὗ τὸ γένοσ ὡρμῆσθαι καὶ τῶν γε καθ’ αὑτὸν ἐκ τῆσ οἰκίασ γεγονότων ἐπιφανῶν ἀνδρῶν ἀναφέρειν ἐνίουσ πρὸσ τὸν ἀνδριάντα τοῦ Βρούτου τὴν ὁμοιότητα τῆσ ἰδέασ, περὶ μέν οὖν τούτων τοσαῦτα. (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 1 5:1)

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

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