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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

  • οὐδεὶσ γοῦν τὸ πρῶτον ἐντυχὼν οὐκ ἀπῆλθε δόξαν λαβὼν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ὡσ εἰή πάντων ἀνθρώπων χρηστότατοσ καὶ ἐπιεικέστατοσ καὶ προσέτι ἁπλοϊκώτατόσ τε καὶ ἀφελέστατοσ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 4:10)
  • οὐ μὴν ἀλλ’ ἐπεὶ φαύλουσ γε ὄντασ αὐτοὺσ ἑτέροισ τε τοιούτοισ ὁμιλοῦντασ ἐξάγει τὸ πράγματα πολλάκισ εἰσ τὸ νουθετεῖν, ἐπιεικέστατοσ ἂν εἰή τρόποσ ὁ συνεμπλέκων καὶ συμπεριλαμβάνων ἁμηγέπη τῷ ἐγκλήματι τὸν παρρησιαζόμενον· (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 331)
  • καὶ πάντων αὐτοῦ ὑποπτευόντων τὸ θηριῶδεσ, τοὐναντίον ἐφάνη πάντων ἐπιεικέστατοσ· (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiv, chapter 104 8:2)
  • ἐπιεικέστατοσ δὲ καὶ παρὰ τοῖσ μυθογράφοισ ὁ περὶ τούτων τῶν πεδίων λέγεται λόγοσ· (Polybius, Histories, book 3, chapter 91 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. fitting

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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