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ἐπάϊστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπάϊστος ἐπάϊστον

Structure: ἐπαϊστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pai/+w

Sense

  1. heard of, detected

Examples

  • οἳ δὲ ἀπικόμενοί τε ἐσ Ξάρδισ καὶ καταμαθόντεσ τὴν βασιλέοσ στρατιήν, ὡσ ἐπάιστοι ἐγένοντο, βασανισθέντεσ ὑπὸ τῶν στρατηγῶν τοῦ πεζοῦ στρατοῦ ἀπήγοντο ὡσ ἀπολεόμενοι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 146 2:2)

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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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