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ἐπεισόδιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπεισόδιος ἐπεισόδιον

Structure: ἐπεισοδι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from e)pei/sodos

Sense

  1. coming in besides, adventitious
  2. an addition, episode

Examples

  • "τὰ μὲν γὰρ Πύθια τῶν μουσικῶν ἔσχε τρεῖσ ἢ τέτταρασ ἐπεισοδίουσ ἀγῶνασ, ὁ δὲ γυμνικὸσ ἀπ’ ἀρχῆσ ὡσ ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον οὕτω κατέστη, τοῖσ δ’ Ὀλυμπίοισ πάντα προσθήκη πλὴν τοῦ δρόμου γέγονε· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 5, 13:2)

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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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