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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

  • βότρυεσ οἰνοπέπαντοι, ἐυσχίστοιό τε ῥοιῆσ θρύμματα, καὶ ξανθοὶ μυελοὶ ἐκ στροβίλων, καὶ δειλαὶ δάκνεσθαι ἀμυγδάλαι, ἥ τε μελισσῶν ἀμβροσίη, πυκναὶ τ’ ἰτρινέαι ποπάδεσ, καὶ πότιμοι γέλγιθεσ, ἰδ’ ὑελακύκαδεσ ὄγχναι, δαψιλῆ οἰνοπόταισ γαστρὸσ ἐπεισόδια· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2321)
  • τί βούλεταί σοι τὰ μηδὲν προσήκοντα ἐπεισόδια; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 54:5)

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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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