Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπάκτιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπάκτιος ἐπάκτιον

Structure: ἐπακτι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)kth/

Sense

  1. on the shore

Examples

  • οὐδέ οἱ ὕβρισ ἥνδανεν, ἀλλ’ ἐθελημὸσ ἐφ’ ὕδασι πατρὸσ ἑοῖο μητέρι συνναίεσκεν ἐπάκτια πώεα φέρβων. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 10:25)
  • ἀλλ’ οὔτε μήτηρ ἐνθάδ’, ἀλλ’ ἐπακτίᾳ Τίρυνθι συμβέβηκεν ὥστ’ ἔχειν ἕδραν. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 3:6)

Synonyms

  1. on the shore

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

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