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ἐπίδρομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίδρομος ἐπίδρομον

Structure: ἐπιδρομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pidramei=n

Sense

  1. that may be overrun, that may be scaled, overrun
  2. a cord which runs along the upper edge of a net

Examples

  • τὰ δὲ δίκτυα τεινέτω ἐν ἀπέδοισ, ἐμβαλλέτω δὲ τὰ ἐνόδια εἰσ τὰσ ὁδούσ, καὶ ἐκ τῶν τριμμῶν εἰσ τὰ συμφέροντα, καθάπτων τοὺσ περιδρόμουσ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, τὰ ἀκρωλένια συνάγων, πηγνύων τὰσ σχαλίδασ μεταξὺ τῶν σαρδόνων, ἐπὶ ἄκρασ ἐπιβάλλων τοὺσ ἐπιδρόμουσ καὶ τὰ παράδρομα συμφράττων. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 6 11:1)

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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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