Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ὕστατον αὖ καὶ κῶασ, ἐπεί τ’ ἐπαϊστὸν ἐτύχθη, εἷλεσ ἐμῇ ματίῃ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 7:8)
  • μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα Κλεομένεα ἐπάιστον γενόμενον κακοτεχνήσαντα ἐσ Δημάρητον δεῖμα ἔλαβε Σπαρτιητέων, καὶ ὑπεξέσχε ἐσ Θεσσαλίην. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 74 2:1)

Related

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

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