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ἐπιδεής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιδεής ἐπιδεές

Structure: ἐπιδεη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)pide/omai

Sense

  1. in want of, inferior to

Examples

  • ἔστιν ἄρα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ, κἂν εἰ μή τῳ δοκεῖ, ὁ τῷ ὄντι τύραννοσ τῷ ὄντι δοῦλοσ τὰσ μεγίστασ θωπείασ καὶ δουλείασ καὶ κόλαξ τῶν πονηροτάτων, καὶ τὰσ ἐπιθυμίασ οὐδ’ ὁπωστιοῦν ἀποπιμπλάσ, ἀλλὰ πλείστων ἐπιδεέστατοσ καὶ πένησ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ φαίνεται, ἐάν τισ ὅλην ψυχὴν ἐπίστηται θεάσασθαι, καὶ φόβου γέμων διὰ παντὸσ τοῦ βίου, σφαδᾳσμῶν τε καὶ ὀδυνῶν πλήρησ, εἴπερ τῇ τῆσ πόλεωσ διαθέσει ἧσ ἄρχει ἐοίκεν. (Plato, Republic, book 9 206:1)

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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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