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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

  • "ὦ Διογενιανέ, δεῖται ὁ λόγοσ αἰτιῶν ἐπεισοδίων ἔξωθεν οὐδὲ μετακοσμίων, ἀλλ’ αὐτόθεν ἡ περὶ τὴν δίαιταν μεταβολὴ τὰ μὲν συγγεννᾶν τὰ δ’ ἀφανίζειν τῶν νοσημάτων οὐκ ἀδύνατὸσ ἐστιν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 17:1)

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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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