Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπιδήμιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιδήμιος ἐπιδήμιον

Structure: ἐπιδημι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dh=mos

Sense

  1. among the people, of one's own countrymen, civil war, at home, resident

Examples

  • ἀφρήτωρ ἀθέμιστοσ ἀνέστιόσ ἐστιν ἐκεῖνοσ, ὃσ πολέμου ἔραται ἐπιδημίου ὀκρυόεντοσ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, dactyls26)
  • ἀφρήτωρ ἀθέμιστοσ ἀνέστιόσ ἐστιν ἐκεῖνοσ ὃσ πολέμου ἔραται ἐπιδημίου ὀκρυόεντοσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 6:10)
  • ὁμοίωσ δὲ καὶ τὸν φρονιμώτατον τῶν ἡρώων λέγειν ἀφρήτωρ, ἀθέμιστοσ, ἀνέστιόσ ἐστιν ἐκεῖνοσ ὃσ πολέμου ἔραται ἐπιδημίου ὀκρυόεντοσ. (Polybius, Histories, book 12, chapter 26 4:1)

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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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