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ἐπιεικής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιεικής ἐπιεικές

Structure: ἐπιεικη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)ko/s

Sense

  1. fitting, suitable
  2. (after Homer), (of statements, rights), reasonable
  3. fair, equitable, not according to the letter of the law

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπιεικής ἐπίεικες
Genitive ἐπιεικούς ἐπιείκους
Dative ἐπιεικεί ἐπιείκει
Accusative ἐπιεική ἐπίεικες
Vocative ἐπιεικές ἐπίεικες
DualN/A/V ἐπιεικεί ἐπιείκει
G/D ἐπιεικοίν ἐπιείκοιν
PluralNominative ἐπιεικείς ἐπιείκη
Genitive ἐπιεικών ἐπιείκων
Dative ἐπιεικέσιν* ἐπιείκεσιν*
Accusative ἐπιεικείς ἐπιείκη
Vocative ἐπιεικείς ἐπιείκη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπιεικής ἐπιεικούς ἐπιεικέστερος ἐπιεικεστέρου ἐπιεικέστατος ἐπιεικεστάτου
Adverb ἐπιεικέως ἐπιεικέστερον ἐπιεικέστατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἰκοστῇ ἑβδόμῃ ἰσχίου δεξιοῦ ὀδύνη, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα ἔσχεν ἐπιεικέστατα, οὔροισιν ὑπόστασισ. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, EPIDHMIWN A, 48)
  • γενόμενοσ δὲ τῶν πόλεων κατὰ τάσδε τὰσ ὁμολογίασ ὁ βασιλεὺσ κύριοσ ἐπιεικέστατα πάσαισ προσηνέχθη καὶ μετριώτατα. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 3, chapter 54 3:1)
  • ὡσ μὲν οὖν γένοιτ’ ἂν ἐπιεικέστατα ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων ἡμῖν τὰ νῦν, εἰρήσθω, προελθόντοσ δὲ χρόνου καὶ μεινάσησ τῆσ πολιτείασ, αἱρ́εσισ αὐτῶν ἔστω τοιάδε τισ· (Plato, Laws, book 6 15:1)
  • εἰ οὖν, εἶπον, ὅμοιοσ ἀνὴρ τῇ πόλει, οὐ καὶ ἐν ἐκείνῳ ἀνάγκη τὴν αὐτὴν τάξιν ἐνεῖναι, καὶ πολλῆσ μὲν δουλείασ τε καὶ ἀνελευθερίασ γέμειν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ταῦτα αὐτῆσ τὰ μέρη δουλεύειν, ἅπερ ἦν ἐπιεικέστατα, μικρὸν δὲ καὶ τὸ μοχθηρότατον καὶ μανικώτατον δεσπόζειν; (Plato, Republic, book 9 142:1)

Synonyms

  1. fitting

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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